Quinoa Fruit Salad with Herb Dressing
Make the most of sweet summery fruit, berries and herbs with a light Quinoa Fruit Salad with an herb dressing. This recipe is delicious swapping with any of your favorite fruits and herbs. If you don’t have agave (for the dressing), try maple syrup or honey.
Ingredients
QUINOA
- ½ cup quinoa
- 1 cup water
FRUIT SALAD
- 2 cups mixed fruit - berries, melon and mango
HERB DRESSING
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar - or maple syrup, or honey
- 10 leaves fresh basil
- salt and pepper - to taste
Instructions
- Boil water in a medium skillet and add quinoa. Turn heat down to medium, cover skillet and let simmer for 10-12 minutes until cooked.
- Cool the quinoa by setting aside.
- Clean and prepared your mixed fruit by cutting large pieces into bite-size, removing stems and leaves from berries, and slicing berries.
- Whisk together all of the dressing ingredients, except the basil.
- When the quinoa has fully cooled, combine basil leaves and dressing, and mix half of this dressing into the cooked quinoa. Then, add the prepared fruits.
- Served the fruit salad with reserved dressing on the side, to adjust to taste.
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About Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts
Ziporah Janowski’s passion for and involvement in the weight loss and health world is well established. Her husband David Ettenberg is the owner of Camp Shane, the country’s oldest weight loss camps for children. Wanting to bring Camp Shane’s formula for success to adults, Ziporah founded Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts for adults in 2008 after a successful career as a corporate attorney. Ziporah is so committed to delivering a life changing program, she became a certified wellness chef in 2016, graduating from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. An avid believer in living a healthy lifestyle, she strives to promote better fitness, nutrition and long-lasting change in both her work life and personal life.
This dressing is really good on ANY fruit salad, and, on fruit mixed with cottage cheese.