Super Food Quinoa Bowl
A quinoa bowl loaded with your favorite super foods is healthy, fresh, and satisfying. Complemented by a delicious orange poppy seed dressing, it makes a great light meal, and is also perfect as a packed lunch!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 cups water ((or broth))
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbs honey ((optional, to taste))
- 2 tbs white wine vinegar ((regular white vinegar works, too))
- 1 tsp poppyseeds
- Pinch salt
- Avocado or guacamole
- Chopped kale
- Chopped cooked beets
- Blanched spinach
- Hummus
- Sliced or chopped hard-cooked egg
- Cooked broccoli or cauliflower
- Shredded lettuce
- Corn
- Shelled edamame beans
- Fire-roasted bell peppers
- Marinated artichoke hearts
- Toasted Pumpkin seeds
- Toasted Sunflower seeds
- Chopped nuts
- Fresh cut fruit like mango, papaya, apple, pear, etc.
- Berries
- Salmon
- Chopped chicken
- Legumes or beans
- Mushrooms
Instructions
- 1
Using a fine sieve, rinse quinoa well under running water.
- 2
Add drained quinoa to a pot with the 2 cups of water and salt.
- 3
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover the pot with the lid.
- 4
Simmer quinoa for 15 minutes.
- 5
Fluff cooked quinoa with a fork or chopsticks. Let cook 2 more minutes without the lid. Set aside to cool.
- 6
Combine all dressing ingredients, blending well with a whisk. Set aside until read to use.
- 7
Divide quinoa into 4 bowls.
- 8
Lay desired toppings on the quinoa in each of the bowls.
- 9
Drizzle with orange poppyseed dressing according to taste.
- 10
Top bowls with toasted pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, if desired.