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15-Minute Arugula Quinoa Salad Recipe

By Stacey Homemaker on May 23, 2018, Updated July 17, 2019 1 Comment

This quinoa salad recipe has it all! Crisp carrots, peppery baby arugula, tender artichoke hearts, crunchy toasted walnuts, and tart dried cherries tossed in a tangy oil-free dressing. It’s easy to make and it pleases allll the tastebuds! Vegan, gluten-free, soy-free.

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Last year, on this day, at this exact moment, I was onboard the Disney Fantasy ship with my husband, Travis, eating lunch at Cabana’s and waiting for to set sail on our eastern Caribbean honeymoon cruise! I sure wish I was doing the same thing right now! I am very excited though because we’re planning another Disney cruise later this year and I can’t wait to share it all with you! (If you’re thinking about going on a Disney cruise make sure you read this post of 159 Disney cruise tips you need to know before your cruise!)

Luckily, I have all the ingredients ready to make this delicious everything-but-the-kitchen-sink quinoa salad recipe in the fridge so I can make a quick lunch and get back to watching our honeymoon cruise youtube videos and planning our next Disney cruise!

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Mandarin Orange Quinoa Spinach Salad with Mango Kiwi Dressing

By Stacey Homemaker on August 1, 2017, Updated July 17, 2019 2 Comments

Summery quinoa spinach salad with sweet mandarin oranges, blueberries, red onions, toasted pecans, and tangy mango kiwi dressing will be your go-to healthy lunch. Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free.

Happy first day of August!

AKA my birthday month and the last month of summer! Woohoo!

The summer has flown by and I’m 100% okay with that. I made a goal for myself to get outside more and enjoy the summer so we’ve been biking every weekend, we went on a Disney cruise, we’ve gone to the beach a few times, and we even took a day trip to Rainbow Springs to go swimming.

It’s been deathly hot here, every day it reaches 95-100 degrees! Ugh, it’s definitely not ideal weather to be cranking the oven on for. So, I’ve been trying to cook recipes that don’t require the oven or need to be heated up. We intentionally don’t have a microwave so our only options are to turn on the stove or the toaster oven.

For this quinoa spinach salad recipe, I cooked the quinoa the night before so I wouldn’t heat the kitchen up during the day. You can eat this salad warm or cold, it’s really delicious both ways.

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