Vegan Quinoa Salad with Hazelnut and Pomegranate: Perfect Light Summer Dish

Quick Quinoa Salad: With Homemade Vegan Mozzarella

This summer salad is super quick to prepare. The basis is cooked quinoa, which is mixed with fresh vegetables. In addition, I use homemade vegan mozzarella in this dish. The recipe for the mozzarella from purely vegetable ingredients can be found here: 

• Vegan Mozzarella (Basic Recipe)

Vegan Summer Salad with Hazelnut-Pomegranate Vinaigrette

And this is how you prepare this delicious quinoa salad:

1. Prepare quinoa according to package instructions.
2. Then cut the vegetables into cubes and wash the lamb’s lettuce.
3. Mix the quinoa with the vegetables and then fold in the lamb’s lettuce.
4. Prepare vinaigrette and pour over salad just before serving.
5. Decorate with chopped hazelnuts and enjoy.

Quick and Healthy Vegan Salad with Quinoa

This summer salad is super quick to prepare. The basis is cooked quinoa, which is mixed with fresh vegetables. In addition, I use homemade vegan mozzarella in this dish. The recipe for the mozzarella from purely vegetable ingredients can be found here: 

• Vegan Mozzarella (Basic Recipe)

The ingredients or alternatives for this quinoa salad

This quinoa salad is a delicious summer dish. You can also substitute some ingredients.

• Quinoa: You can also replace the quinoa with rice or pasta.
• Vegan cheese: The salad tastes best with homemade vegan mozzarella. Other cheeses such as vegan feta cheese or vegan grated cheese can also be used.
• Vegetables: the orange bell bell pepper, cucumber and beet make the salad a real colorful eye-catcher. Of course, the salad also tastes great with other vegetables like crunchy zucchini.
• Nuts: If you have a nut allergy, you can also top the salad with homemade croutons. This also gives a delicious crunch.

Recipe

Vegan Quinoa, Hazelnut and Pomegranate Salad: Perfect Light Summer Dish

5 from 2 votes

Recipe by spoonswithlove Course: Lunch, DinnerCuisine: InternationalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

Prep Time

10

minutes

This recipe for vegan quinoa salad with pomegranate, hazelnut and lamb’s lettuce is a great summer dish. The salad is a light lunch to go or even a delicious dinner.

Zutaten

• 200 g quinoa

• 1 cucumber

• 1 bell bell pepper (orange)

• 200 g beet

• 100 g lamb’s lettuce

• 150 g vegan mozzarella

• 3EL chopped hazelnuts

• 3 tbsp hazelnut oil

• 1EL pomegranate syrup

• 1 Tbsp vinegar

• salt, pepper

zubereitung

• Prepare quinoa according to package directions and allow to cool.
• Cut the cucumber, bell bell pepper, beet and vegan mozzarella into small cubes.
• Wash lamb’s lettuce and separate individual leaves from stalk as needed
• Mix cooled quinoa with the vegetables and fold in the lettuce
• For the vinaigrette, whisk together hazelnut oil, pomegranate syrup, vinegar and salt and pepper
• Pour hazelnut oil vinaigrette over salad just before serving

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