Summer Time Salad

As a fruit fanatic, one of my favorite summer dishes is fruit salad. During summers, I eat fruit salad with almost every meal. Last summer, I was obsessed with Quinoa Fruit Salad. It’s elegant, delicious, and such a nice change of pace from the standard mix of pre-cut fruit from the supermarket and the greatest part is it’s extremely easy to make!

Here is a recipe from Two Peas and Their Pods 

Quinoa Fruit Salad 

Yield: Serves 6-as a side dish 

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Quinoa with blueberries, strawberries, mango, and a refreshing honey lime dressing. This easy and healthy Quinoa Fruit Salad goes well with any summer meal.

ingredients:

1 cup quinoa (I used Red Quinoa)

2 cups water

Pinch of salt

For the Honey Lime Dressing:

Juice of 1 large lime

3 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint

For the fruit:

1 1/2 cups blueberries

1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries

1 1/2 cups chopped mango

Extra chopped mint, for garnish-optional

directions:

1. Using a strainer, rinse the quinoa under cold water. Add quinoa, water, and salt to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until water is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork. Let quinoa cool to room temperature.

2. To make the Honey Lime Dressing: In a medium bowl, whisk the lime juice, honey, and mint together until combined.

3. In a large bowl, combine quinoa, blueberries, strawberries, and mango. Pour honey lime dressing over the fruit salad and mix until well combined. Garnish with additional mint, if desired. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Note-Use your favorite fruit in this salad. Blackberries, peaches, kiwi, raspberries, pineapple, grapes, etc. are great options!

(Picture from the internet)