This salad highlights the green bean in a very special way. The quinoa adds texture, but it's the sliced almond that add that extra crunch that this salad so desperately needs. Plus with a little almond extract drizzled into the mix, this green bean and almond quinoa salad is quite divine.
Course Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Salads, Vegetarian
Cuisine American
Keyword Quinoa, Salad
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 259kcal
Ingredients
2cupscooked quinoa
1lbgreen beansclean and chopped into 2" pieces
1/2cupsliced almonds
juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepperto taste
Instructions
Steam the green pieces until just tender, about 5 - 7 minutes. Allow them to cool slightly.
Add all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and toss to combine.