Avocado Blueberry Quinoa Salad Recipe (gluten-free)
This Avocado Blueberry and Quinoa Salad is one of the BEST gluten-free salads around! With creamy avocado, sweet blueberries and fibre-packed quinoa, this salad will be your new favourite go-to this summer.
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Servings: 6
Ingredients
Cilantro Lime Dressing Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup packed cilantro leaves
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ½ jalapeno seeded
- ½ teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
For The Salad
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 firm but still ripe avocado sliced or diced
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup sweet corn canned or fresh
- ½ medium red onion finely diced, about ½ cup
- ½ cup pistachios chopped
- ½ cup cilantro diced
- ½ cup feta optional
Instructions
- Add all cilantro lime dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add cooked quinoa, avocado, blueberries, corn, red onion, feta, pistachios, and cilantro.
- Pour cilantro lime dressing all over the quinoa salad and toss to combine. Garnish with extra cilantro, pistachios, feta, and red onion if you’d like. Serve at room temp or cold.
Notes
Yield: Makes about 7 cups of salad
Remove feta cheese to make it dairy-free.
Blueberries can be replaced with any berry.
Pistachios can be swapped with almonds or cashews.
The salad is perfect on its own or used as a side salad paired with any protein.
Store salad in an air-tight container for up to 2 days.
Nutrition information is approximate and for 1 cup of salad.
Nutrition Facts
Avocado Blueberry Quinoa Salad Recipe (gluten-free)
Amount per Serving
Calories
383
% Daily Value*
Fat
31
g
48
%
Saturated Fat
6
g
38
%
Trans Fat
0.002
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
20
g
Cholesterol
11
mg
4
%
Sodium
347
mg
15
%
Potassium
453
mg
13
%
Carbohydrates
23
g
8
%
Fiber
6
g
25
%
Sugar
6
g
7
%
Protein
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
370
IU
7
%
Vitamin C
12
mg
15
%
Calcium
89
mg
9
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
383
Nutrition Facts