Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms and Spinach
Two big servings or four smaller servings
Servings 2
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 handfull fresh spinach
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 3 green onions, cut into rings
- about 9 oz mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
For the dressing:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoons soy or oat cuisine
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa according to the instructions on the package. Use vegetable broth instead of salted water.
- Meanwhile heat the olive oil in a medium pan and sauté two of the three green onions together with the mushrooms for about three minutes. Set the remaining green onion aside.
- For the dressing combine all ingredients in a salad bowl and mix until smooth.
- Stir in the mushrooms, the green onions, the tomatoes, the cooked quinoa, and the spinach. Sprinkle with the remaining green onion.