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Look, an other quinoa bowl recipe! Now with an extremely delicious tahini, cashew and sun-dried tomato dressing. And sweet potato fries, black beans, arugula, celery, pine nuts….perfection!
I know, I know, I have a serious quinoa addiction, but I can’t help, it’s so good! I am pretty sure I could live my life eating only quinoa salads. They are healthy, delicious, filling and totally satisfying. This version is like heaven with this tomato dressing, totally addictive, I’ve warned you!
Try out my other quinoa salad recipes:
- Green Quinoa Bowl with Asparagus and Zucchini
- Quinoa and Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Garlic Dressing
- Massaged Kale Salad with Quinoa
- Sweet Potato Salad with Quinoa and Avocado
- Quinoa Salad with Pumpkin
- Cauliflower Quinoa Salad
Quinoa Bowl with Tahini and Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of quinoa
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 can of black beans
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- 2 large handful of arugula
- 1 scallion
- handful of pine nuts
- 1/4 cup of cashews (soaked)
- 1/4 cup of water
- 5 sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tahini
- juice of 2 limes
- bunch of basil
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Peel sweet potatoes and cut them into fry shaped pieces. Toss them with olive oil, salt and pepper and bake for about 30 minutes at 200°C.
- Cook quinoa in one cup of water. Drain and let cool a bit.
- Cut scallion and celery into small pieces, drain beans, half tomatoes, and add to a big bowl with the arugula, drained quinoa, pine nuts and baked sweet potatoes.
- For the dressing add soaked cashews, water, sun-dried tomatoes, tahini, lime juice, fresh basil, salt and pepper to a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour over the salad. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
Lina says
This dressing is phenomenal! My new favourite!!!!! LOve your blog
green evi says
Thank you so much, Lina! ❤️
Jaimee-ann D Reyes says
I just made this and the salad dressing is to die for. Im vegan and superhealthy. Im a huge fan of quinos & sundried tomatos. New go to quick lunch per week. 😃
Linda @ Veganosity says
Gorgeous! If I could grab it out of my computer screen I would, it’s so colorful and healthy. I’m going to make this soon Evi. Pinned!
green evi says
Thank you, Linda, I hope you’ll like it 🙂
Mona says
What a gorgeous salad! I’ve been really into quinoa lately too. This will be top on my list of spring salads to try.
green evi says
Thank you, Mona!
I just can’t get enough of quinoa too 🙂
Josefine says
This looks great 😀 I seriously have a thing for sundried tomatoes – those are the best!
Pinned
green evi says
Thanks, Josefine!
Yes, dried tomatoes are so good, I always have some at home. This year I wanna make some myself too, my mom makes it always and those are just perfect 🙂
Marissa says
This quinoa bowl looks beautiful! I love using sun-dried tomatoes in dressings. It adds a nice depth of flavor!
green evi says
Thank you, Marissa! I really love to add sun-dried tomatoes to everything, basically 🙂
Jaimee-ann D Reyes says
I just made this and the salad dressing is to die for. Im vegan and superhealthy. Im a huge fan of quinos & sundried tomatos. New go to quick lunch per week. 😃
green evi says
I am so happy to hear you liked the recipe 🙂