Friday, October 17, 2014

Kids Lunchbox Club - Quick Mexican Quinoa Salad

My daughter has decided that she quite loves quinoa! This is thanks to her testing out a Dreena Burton recipe. So this means now she requests it for her lunchbox salad. We don't often eat quinoa, but I had a batch made up this week and with a few leftover bits and pieces from a Mexican-inspired meal we had prepared earlier in the week this delicious salad was created.
Nevermind the kids! I reckon this lunchbox meal would please any adult too!

QUICK MEXICAN QUINOA SALAD

To serve one you'll need:
1 cup cooked quinoa
2 Tablespoons of salsa
1/4 cup black beans
1/4 cup corn kernels
1/4 small capsicum - chopped
1/2 small avocado - diced

Stir a tablespoon of salsa into the quinoa and mix well. 
Add the other ingredients and stir through. Top with the remaining tablespoon of salsa.


 

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10 comments:

  1. how nice that your daughter loves quinoa - it such a great food for anyone to enjoy - and this salad looks great - is it something she actual put in her lunchbox to eat out - I could only imagine with horror what Sylvia's classroom floor would look like if she too it to school (but she wouldn't eat this sort of salad - just likes quinoa by itself sometimes)

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    1. Yes she actually took it to school to eat it! She really really loves quinoa! She's old enough to not make too much of a mess thankfully or else I'm sure the teacher would ban it ;-)

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  2. Totally YUM! I need to get back into my Bento Boxes for lunches at work~

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  3. Do I get fired from being vegan for not knowing what capsicum is?

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    1. Sorry! Capsicum is the Australian word for what Americans call "pepper".

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  4. Now this is my kind of lunch! Definitely adult AND kid approved ;)

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  5. So great that your daughter likes quinoa! My daughter used to like it but has since decided that she hates it :)

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    1. hehe aren't kids funny how they change what they like and dislike so often!

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