Mexican Power Salad

We haven't tried quinoa until recently because we weren't too sure of the taste. But we have found that it's pretty tasty and high in fiber. Just a 1/4 cup is filling. Today we decided to take it and make an awesome vegetarian power Mexican salad with lime vinaigrette. 

All of our ingredients

Rinsing canned vegetables removes a lot of the added sodium

Juicing our limes

Adding red wine vinegar

Adding olive oil

A bit of honey

Spices

All mixed up

Avocado, tomatoes, onions, jalapeno and cilantro mix along side the black beans and corn

Tasty salad

Mexican Power Salad

Salad

1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa

1 can black beans, rinsed

1 can no sald added corn, rinsed

handful of cherry tomatoes, cut in fourths

1 jalapeno, diced

1 half small onion, diced

1 avocado, diced

shredded lettuce

shredded cheese

Dressing

1/3 cup fresh lime juice

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp no salt add chili powder

2 tsp cumin

Instructions

Cook quinoa according to instructions, add flavoring if desired. We added a bit of lime juice, chili powder and lime juice. Cut up vegetables and add together in bowl. Make dressing while the quinoa is cooking, make the dressing, you can use a shaker or place in bowl and whisk it together, set aside. 

Once cooked, assemble salad. 1/2 cup of quinoa and 1/4 of the vegetable mixture among 4 servings. Top with shredded cheese and dressing.