{"id":1436,"date":"2013-10-11T02:28:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T02:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2023-01-22T02:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T02:01:36","slug":"quinoa-salad-with-zucchini-and-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/quinoa-salad-with-zucchini-and-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Quinoa Salad with Zucchini and Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This dish was inspired by vegetables fresh from a friends garden. I love to make my own spaghetti sauce and then<\/p>\n<p>I had this zucchini and figured I would add it to my usual recipe and see what happened. It was delicious! Added some crushed red pepper for a little more punch and mixed with<\/p>\n<p>quinoa. It was a big hit and couldn&#8217;t wait to share! Quinoa is a complete protein and packed full of vitamins and minerals. This is a complete, delicious meal and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.<\/p>\n<p>Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20-25minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup cooked quinoa (Learn how to make quinoa with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SvhU3eFDDfY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">this helpful video<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 yellow onion<\/li>\n<li>1 medium zucchini<\/li>\n<li>2 heirloom tomatoes (or 4 roma tomatoes)<\/li>\n<li>5 cloves garlic<\/li>\n<li>8 sun dried tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp crushed red pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 package fresh basil<\/li>\n<li>Optional: 2 tsp italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>salt, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rinse quinoa in a mesh strainer with hot water for 3 minutes then put<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;in a pot and add 2.5 cups water. Cook like rice, bring to a boil then turn down to medium low, cover and let cook until most water is gone.<\/li>\n<li>While quinoa is in the pot, chop onion, zucchini and tomatoes. I like to use a food processor to chop my veggies. Huge time saver.<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Mince garlic.<\/li>\n<li>Slice dried tomatoes.<\/li>\n<li>First saute onion, about 5 minutes in add zucchini and cook an additional 3-5 minutes depending on how soft or firm you like your veggies. Add tomatoes, garlic, crushed red pepper, and seasoning for 3 minutes. Add basil and turn off heat.<\/li>\n<li>In a big enough bowl, put in quinoa then add veggies and stir. Add salt to taste when you go to eat it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy!!!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-155 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Summer-Quinoa.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Quinoa\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Summer-Quinoa.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Summer-Quinoa-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This dish was inspired by vegetables fresh from a friends garden. I love to make my own spaghetti sauce and then I had this zucchini and figured I would add it to my usual recipe and see what happened. It was delicious! Added some crushed red pepper for a little more punch and mixed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2381,7,2382],"tags":[172,200,292,323,325,351,379,393,421],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}