Red Pepper and Lime Quinoa Salad

Red Pepper and Lime Quinoa Salad requires roughly 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 286 calories, 8g of protein, and 15g of fat each. For $1.03 per serving, this recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a side dish. This recipe from The Housewife in Training Files has 703 fans. If you have salt, cilantro, cumin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly diet. Overall, this recipe earns an amazing spoonacular score of 89%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Quinoa Salad, Red Quinoa Lime Salad with Roasted Corn and Avocado, and Roasted Green Bean Red Pepper Quinoa Salad.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 5 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ tsp chile powder

¼ cup packed, chopped cilantro

1 cup coconut milk (or regular milk)

1 tsp cumin

1 lime

½ tsp pepper

1 cup quinoa

1 red bell pepper, diced

¾ tsp salt

1 cup water

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

Prepare quinoa according to packages instructions, but using the coconut milk and water.Once quinoa is done cooking, remove from heat, add in red pepper, zest and juice of the 1 lime, chile powder, cumin, salt and pepper.Divide among 4 plates and garnish with cilantro.

 

Step by step:


1. Prepare quinoa according to packages instructions, but using the coconut milk and water.Once quinoa is done cooking, remove from heat, add in red pepper, zest and juice of the 1 lime, chile powder, cumin, salt and pepper.Divide among 4 plates and garnish with cilantro.


Nutrition Information:

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285k Calories
7g Protein
14g Total Fat
33g Carbs
21% Health Score
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Calories
285k
14%

Fat
14g
23%

  Saturated Fat
11g
69%

Carbohydrates
33g
11%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
456mg
20%

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Protein
7g
15%

Manganese
1mg
70%

Vitamin C
43mg
53%

Magnesium
117mg
29%

Phosphorus
263mg
26%

Folate
101µg
25%

Iron
4mg
25%

Vitamin A
1121IU
22%

Copper
0.42mg
21%

Fiber
4g
17%

Vitamin B6
0.33mg
16%

Potassium
467mg
13%

Vitamin B1
0.19mg
13%

Zinc
1mg
12%

Vitamin E
1mg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.17mg
10%

Vitamin B3
1mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.56mg
6%

Selenium
3µg
5%

Vitamin K
5µg
5%

Calcium
47mg
5%

covered percent of daily need
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