Artichoke And Pesto Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
From ingredients to enjoyment, this recipe makes it easy to create something wonderful.
Ingredients
- 4 cups quinoa cooked
- 1/3 cup pesto homemade or store-bought
- 1 12 ounce artichoke hearts drained, marinated, jarred
- 8 ounce feta cheese crumbled, Greek
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives sliced
- 1/2 cup onion purple, diced
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 cup cherry tomato cut in half
- 1/4 cup pine nut toasted
- lemon juice of half
- salt kosher salt, to taste
- black pepper kosher salt, to taste
- quinoa for quinoa
- 1 1/2 cup quinoa rinsed
- 3 cups water cold
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Bring water, rinsed quinoa and salt to a boil over a medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook 15-20 minutes or until quinoa is light and fluffy. Turn of heat and cover for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Make the quinoa several hours ahead of time and chill until needed.
- Toss gently with pesto to coat, add remaining ingredients, toss. Season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 354
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 354kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 700mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 349mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 927IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 20mg | 22% |
| Calcium | 162mg | 16% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.