MEDITERRANEAN QUINOA SALAD

 Healthy, easy and SO delicious, this fresh Mediterranean quinoa salad comes together quickly and makes a perfect side dish for so many meals (or better yet, a tasty, meatless lunch or dinner)!

After posting this delectable meat marinade a couple weeks ago, I had questions about that mysterious salad in the background of the pictures.

Some of you awesome kitchen sleuths even guessed that it was a Mediterranean quinoa salad! Way to go on that one. Five million bonus points for you!

And what a wonderful little quinoa salad it is.

Not only is it simple, simple, but it’s packed full of tasty vegetables, crunchy textures, and delicious flavors.

That dressing? Yeah, it’ll only take you about 3 1/2 minutes to shake together.

I’m telling you, this Mediterranean quinoa salad is the perfect summer side dish.

Or maybe the perfect lunch (or breakfast??)? I, for one, have eaten this salad an extraordinary number of times for lunch when I’ve hoarded the leftovers from dinner.

Yes, I’m a leftover hoarder. And while I’m not necessarily proud of that fact (as Brian and the kids have to fend for themselves), it is what it is.

Good leftovers deserve to be hoarded. I actually feel as though I’m honoring them by doing so.

Rationalization at its finest. I’ll never tell where my secret refrigerator hiding spots are. Never.

This Mediterranean quinoa salad is seriously delicious served with a simple grilled entree (like these tender pork chops or this lemon garlic grilled chicken).

It’s also really great paired with a roasted pork tenderloin or baked chicken.

And of course it would be a great option for your next potluck or BBQ where you have to show up with a salad.

You know, it wasn’t too long ago when a quinoa salad at your every day potluck would have been met with skepticism and a bit of side-eyeing, but I think I can safely say that in most social situations now, a quinoa salad is a very, very solid option for what to bring.