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almonds, cranberries, favorite, lemon, mango, melon, poppy seed, quinoa, salad
Cranberry and Mango Quinoa Salad
2 cups of water
1 cup of quinoa
1 cup fresh kale or spinach in bite size pieces
1.5 cup fresh or frozen mango chunks (one to two fresh mangos should yield just about 1.5 cups)
1.5 c cubed melon (I used Honeydew)
1/2 cup slivered almonds (toasted/optional)
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon of honey
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
pinch of salt
- Bring water to boil and cook quinoa per the instructions. Cool.
- Add kale (or spinach), mango, melon, almonds, and cranberries to quinoa.
- Mix together Lemon poppy seed ingredients and pour over quinoa salad.
- Serving Option: Slice fresh avocado slices over top of salad.
Recipe adapted from Skinny Minz and Healthy Pursuit