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Popular Seafood Recipes That Use Quinoa

Mediterranean Seafood Salad with Quinoa

Ingredients

1 ½ cups of assorted frozen seafood

1 cup of cooked quinoa

½ cup of sliced cucumber

1 diced tomato

½ cup of diced yellow or orange bell pepper

¼ of a cup onion

¼ cup of crumbled feta cheese

¼ cup of black olives

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1 garlic clove crushed

Salt and pepper to taste

2 cups of baby spinach

Directions

If you are not starting with cooked quinoa, then prepare quinoa as per

Directions

on the package to get one cup of cooked quinoa.

Bring some water to boil, and cook the frozen seafood until it has completely thawed out and has heated all the way through. Make sure the seafood is completely submerged in the boiling water.

Once the quinoa and seafood has cooled to room temperature, add in the cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, olives, bell peppers and feta cheese and gently mix it all together.

Put the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper in to a jar, and shake it until it is well mixed up and drizzle over the salad.

Place salad in refrigerated until you are ready to serve.

Just before serving, roughly chop the baby spinach and add to the salad. Give it one last gentle mix and serve.

This salad tastes delicious after it has been refrigerated for several hours. It is great to make in the morning and have for lunch or dinner.