This 5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad is healthy and light, great for lunch and ready in less than 30 minutes! Vegan and Gluten Free!
I hope everyone is enjoying summer! We are having such an amazing time spending all our spare time outside and taking the pupperz on many walks and rollerblading! That is Kooper’s favorite! Kushie …eh’ not so much he would prefer to walk unless you’re going to carry him while rollerblading! 😉
So today I am showing you, your new best friend! A super fast, super easy, great to bring to work for lunch, power house packed 5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad! PLUS it takes less than 30 minutes to prepare from start to finish!
Your body and digestion will thank you for the simplicity of this meal! “the simpler you eat the more your body will crave natural flavors” 😉
So…I have a thing with this whole “5 ingredient” challenge or whatever you want to call it… it has me think really hard, how can you pack a couple healthy flavorful ingredients together with a simple light dressing and make it taste like there is 10 ingredients?!
Think about it for a second… you’ll be at 5 ingredients before you even realize you added no sauce or dressing!
Anyways, this 5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad is the perfect combo and my absolute favorite! The only thing that I didn’t include in the 5 ingredients was avocado! But I put it as optional because it really doesn’t need it; I just put it on almost everything! 😉
So the three main ingredients are quinoa, cherry tomatoes, and spinach! It’s a perfect combo of earthy flavors from the quinoa and spinach but you get a nice sweet-ness from the cherry tomatoes!
And the dressing is a simple veganaise with lemon I swear that is my go-to for so many dressings! Veganaise is the perfect base when you add a little bit of flavor such as lemon or lime with a couple spices; it’s like fancy yum-ness!
But for those of you who aren’t a fan of veganaise I also included an olive oil option in the recipe as well!
Also this 5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad is totally perfect to pack for a work lunch as well because it can be eaten hot or cold and tastes great both ways! 😉
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Print5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad
5 Ingredient Tomato Spinach Quinoa Salad
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2
- Category: Lunch/Dinner
Ingredients
- - 1 ½ cup cooked quinoa (about ½ cup dry, I used mixed color quinoa but use what you like)
- - 20-30 cherry or grape tomatoes sliced in half
- - 3 cups spinach
- DRESSING:
- - 3 tablespoon veganaise
- - 1 ½ tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- DRESSING OPTION #2:
- - 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
- - 1 ½ tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- + optional spices listed below
- OPTIONAL added spices to the dressing:
- -Add a small amount of black pepper and chili or cayenne powder to the dressing to add additional flavor and spice! (about ¼- ½ teaspoon will work)
- -sliced avocado on the side
Instructions
- Cook quinoa according to directions on your package (mine was ½ cup dry quinoa to 1 cup water, but I always add a little less water than what it calls for because I find its less soggy that way.)
- While the quinoa is cooking slice the tomatoes in half, place them in a stove top skillet pan on medium heat and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
- Then add the spinach to the tomatoes and cook on low heat for another minutes until the spinach is softened but not wilted.
- Mix the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
- Once the quinoa is done, add the spinach and tomatoes to the quinoa and give it a stir.
- Add the mixture to bowls/plate and drizzle the dressing over the top!
- This serves 2 lunches or 1 big dinner
- If that’s not enough dressing for your personal taste feel free to double it, it’s whatever your personal taste is!
Notes
This recipe is easily doubled or tripled to serve more people or have left overs.
You can swap veganiase for olive oil if you prefer, it will have a much different taste than veganiase obviously but will still taste delicious!
Feel free to add additional veggies to this recipe as well! I only used 5 ingredients but get creative if you would like!
light + refreshing and super easy!
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