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Pomegranate Quinoa Salad takes several minutes to prepare.

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad takes several minutes to cook.

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Pomegranate Quinoa Salad are:

SALAD:
1 cup quinoa
1 ? cups of water
1 tsp salt
1 pound celery, thinly sliced
Seeds of 1 pomegranate
3/4 cup walnuts, lightly toasted, and chopped
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped

For Vinaigrette:
? cup pomegranate juice
1 clove of garlic, crushed
? teaspoons salt
? cup olive oil

Here is how you make Pomegranate Quinoa Salad:

Soak quinoa for 15 minutes in a saucepan. Give quinoa a stir, and then pour off the water through a sieve. Rinse it off with running water, and then transfer back to cooking pot. Add water, cover with lid, and bring to a boil. Reduce quinoa to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes. Remove quinoa from heat, and let sit with lid still on, for another 5 minutes.Remove lid, fluff, and transfer to a large bowl.In the meantime, chop nuts, parsley, mint and prepare pomegranate seeds.To prepare the pomegranate dressing, smash the clove of garlic into a paste and add salt. Whisk together with olive oil and pomegranate juice.In a large bowl mix the quinoa with salad ingredients and vinaigrette.Serving Size: Makes 8 - 1 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ALGRAZIS.

The nutritional information for Pomegranate Quinoa Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 251.0

• Total Fat: 16.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 497.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
• Protein: 5.0 g