recipe time

I made a tasty, colorful salad today and posted it on instagram. As promised, I am posting the how-to. So yes I DO share recipes! It's not my own though, I found it on pinterest. Duh.. This is the original. If you haven't jumped on the quinoa bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for?!

Thai Cashew Quinoa Salad... (vegan and gluten-free)

Ingredients

• ¾ cup uncooked quinoa
• 1-2 cups shredded red cabbage, depending on how much crunch you like
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• ½ red onion, diced (I omitted this- I don't like too much onion)
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• ½ cup chopped cilantro
• ¼ cup diced green onions
• ½ cup cashew halves or peanuts
• Optional: 1 cup edamame or chickpeas
• Fresh lime, for a bit of tang
• For the dressing:
• ¼ cup all natural peanut butter
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
• 3 tablespoon soy sauce, gluten-free if desired
• 1 tablespoon honey (use agave if vegan- or if you hate honey like me!)
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• Water to thin, if necessary

Cook quinoa in 1 1/2 cups of water for 10 min and fluff with a fork.
Microwave peanut butter and honey/agave for 20 sec then add the rest of dressing ingredients.
Toss it all together!
I thought the recipe needed a little more zing, so I added more lime and some sriracha!
And since I decided to share after all, I added some chicken so my husband wouldn't be like.. where's the meat? ;)

It supposedly tastes even better the next day. We shall see!

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1/6th of recipe Calories:
260 Fat: 13.5g Carbohydrates: 27.7g Sugar: 7g Fiber: 4.3gProtein: 8.6g