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This Greek Quinoa Salad combines all my favorite flavors and ingredients with the extra bonus of quinoa.

Greek Quinoa Salad

I made this salad twice in the past week.  I love a good Greek salad and I love quinoa so combining the two was pretty brillant I thought.  We’ve been enjoying summer like temperatures here in Portland and this salad is the perfect summer salad.  We had friends over for dinner last weekend so we grilled a tri tip, had some roasted carrots, homemade no knead bread and this delicious Greek Quinoa Salad. Pretty much a perfect summer dining experience.  Good friends, good food and good conversation.  After dinner we enjoyed a fun game of Five Crowns, one of our family’s favorite card games.

Greek Quinoa Salad

The salad was so good I couldn’t wait to make it again on Sunday to go along with the steaks we were grilling for dinner.  This salad is a combination of fresh tomato, cucumber, garbanzo beans, kalamata olives and feta cheese over a bed of romaine lettuce and quinoa.  It is great because not only do you get your veggies but you get protein too with the garbanzo beans and quinoa.

Greek Quinoa Salad

I made a yummy Greek salad dressing to go with it and then marinated the veggies in a few tablespoons of the dressing to start with.

Greek Quinoa Salad

I then put a layer of romaine lettuce in the bowl, topped it with quinoa and then added the veggie mixture and a sprinkling of feta on top.

Greek Quinoa Salad

Then I dressed it with the homemade Greek salad dressing.

Greek Quinoa Salad

Just give the salad a nice toss and enjoy!  It is the perfect side dish to any meal.  I can’t wait to make it again!

Greek Quinoa Salad

Greek Quinoa Salad Recipe

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Greek Quinoa Salad

Greek Quinoa Salad

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Delicious greek salad with the extra protein from quinoa. A perfect healthy meal for a busy night.
serves: 6 servings
Prep:20 minutes
Cook:5 minutes
Total:25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 C quinoa cooked
  • 1 C garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cucumber chopped
  • 2 roma tomatoes chopped
  • 1/3 C kalamata olives pitted and halved
  • 1 head romaine lettuce chopped
  • 1/2 C feta cheese crumbled

Greek Salad Dressing (this makes more than you will need but you will be glad!)

  • 3/4 C olive oil
  • 1 C red wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp garlic salt
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 tsp basil dried
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp yellow mustard

Instructions

  • Combine garbanzo beans, cucumber, tomato and olives in a bowl and add 2 Tablespoons salad dressing. Stir to coat and let sit for 10 minutes.
  • Place lettuce in bowl
  • Top with cooked quinoa
  • Add vegetable mixture
  • Add dressing
  • Top with feta cheese

Salad Dressing

  • Combine all ingredients and refrigerate until ready to use

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 575kcal (29%) Carbohydrates: 48g (16%) Protein: 13g (26%) Fat: 37g (57%) Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) Cholesterol: 11mg (4%) Sodium: 1277mg (56%) Potassium: 520mg (15%) Fiber: 8g (33%) Sugar: 3g (3%) Vitamin A: 328IU (7%) Vitamin C: 4mg (5%) Calcium: 129mg (13%) Iron: 4mg (22%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:main dish salad, Salad
Cuisine:Mediterranean
Keyword:black bean quinoa salad, greek quinoa salad
Greek Quinoa Salad
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  1. Adrienne says

    This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it. I notice that you are using what I think of as “regular” supermarket feta. I have a Greek friend who told me that stuff is nothing like real Greek feta, which is hard to find in the US. A reasonable facsimile is “French feta” or “Israeli feta”, which I found in my supermarket’s artisanal cheese section and a local foodie market – it’s a GAME CHANGER. So creamy and moist with that wonderful briney feta taste. It elevates any dish. If you like feta and Greek flavor profiles, I highly recommend you seek it out. It’s worth the extra effort to find it.

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  2. Judy says

    This looks so good printed this up for us for dinner for myself and kids I live in Northwest weather is so perfect right now thank you will try making rest of your meal except chicken for protein.

    Thanks

    Judy

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  4. Monna Hilton says

    Leigh Anne, this Greek Salad looks absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to try it. Did you serve anything else with this, and if so, what? Thanks for posting this wonderful looking salad. Great for having girlfriends in for lunch too.

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      • Monna Hilton says

        Leigh Anne, my apologies. I was so excited about the salad that I missed reading the blog. Again, sorry, and thank you for posting this scrumptious looking Greek salad. Love your recipes and also enjoyed seeing your son’s barn rehearsal dinner. Think it was a rehearsal dinner or could have been reception dinner. Anyhow, loved it. Great job. Seems like barn functions are becoming more and more popular. Love barns too. We have lots of them here in Michigan.

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