Raw Veggie Quinoa Salad with Thai Peanut Sauce
Raw Veggie Quinoa Salad with Thai Peanut Sauce is perfect for any meal – including breakfast! It also makes a delicious, healthy addition to a potluck.
Raw Veggie Quinoa Salad with Thai Peanut Sauce
What a delicious way to eat your veggies! The slightly spicy & creamy peanut sauce, the crunch of fresh raw vegetables, the nutty earthy quinoa – YUM, YUM, YUM!
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Ingredients
Peanut Sauce
- ¼ Cup peanut butter
- ¼ Cup +2 Tablespoons coconut milk
- 1 Tablespoon Thai red curry paste
- ½ Tablespoon sriracha
- 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- ½ Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ Tablespoons water
Salad
- ½ can chickpeas drained (about ¾ C)
- 1 Cup cooked quinoa
- 2 carrots shredded
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 2 ounces snow peas sliced short ways in slightly less than ½” pieces
- 2 green onions sliced
- ½ Cup frozen shelled edamame steamed, drained, & cooled
- 1 bunch cilantro (about 1½ cups of leaves) wash leaves and dice (reserve a few sprigs for garnish)
- 2 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- ¼ Cup +2 Tablespoons chopped cashews
- ½ Tablespoon dried Thai curry spices can use ½ T crushed red pepper flakes if unable to find
- 1 avocado sliced (don’t mix into salad)
Instructions
- If you haven’t done so, cook, drain, and cool quinoa and steam, drain, and cool edamame. Set aside.
- Make sauce: Add all sauce ingredients into a microwave safe bowl. Heat 30 sec. in microwave and whisk until blended. Set aside.
- Rinse and drain chickpeas and add to large bowl. Toss about ¼ C sauce into chickpeas. Set aside.
- Add remaining sauce, cooked quinoa, and remaining salad ingredients, except avocado, to bowl. Toss to evenly mix.
- To serve: add sliced avocado to each serving and sprigs of cilantro
Notes
- Serve as soon as it’s prepared or serve chilled to intensify the flavors and textures.
- This can be served as a side or veggie appetizer, but it also makes a great a meal all by itself.
- Leftovers are delicious! I like to eat them for a veggie-packed breakfast.
- This is also a great side to take to summer potlucks and BBQs – just add the avocado right before serving.
- Make sure your peanut butter is just peanuts (no added oils, sugars, or sugar substitutes).
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 509kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.5g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 35.9g | Saturated Fat: 9.7g | Sodium: 394mg | Potassium: 484mg | Fiber: 7.2g | Sugar: 8.5g | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 4mg
Calories: 509kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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