This recipe for garden fresh quinoa salad with apples and ginger curry dressing is part of a sponsored campaign on behalf of GROHE and Millennial Blogs.
This garden fresh quinoa salad with apples and ginger curry dressing combines summer’s fresh from the garden taste with a hint of fall’s earthy and warm flavors.
I grew up having a salad with every single meal and I LOVE salads, but over the years I’ve slacked off on having one everyday. Why? I guess it’s that making a salad feels like such a production to me, and I’ve gotten lazy. BUT… making this salad was a pure delight, and you’ll probably never guess why, so I’ll just tell you.
Garden Fresh Quinoa Salad with Apples and Ginger Curry Dressing
It’s my faucet, y’all – the GROHE K7 from heaven. Ok, I added the from heaven part because it has foot control technology. Do you even understand what that means? I don’t have to touch the faucet handle, holler for someone to come turn the water on for me or wave my hands wildly trying to activate a motion sensor (you know… like in public restrooms).
Get this… I turn the water on and off by just tapping my foot on an activation plate hidden under my kitchen cabinet base. It blows my mind! Pure water enjoyment.
I’m dead from happiness. Dead.
Even my plumber was all ooh-y and aah-y over the GROHE German-based approach to design when he installed it for me. The design innovation and excellence exceed customers’ expectations (like mine) and I feel kinda cool since it’s a semi-professional kitchen faucet.
It makes filling up heavy pots with water so much easier, and I really appreciate that I don’t have to touch the faucet handle, so it inhibits the potential spread of germs. Mostly, I just love that I have both of my hands free for whatever I’m doing.
In this case… rinsing off my fruits, veggies and greens.
Oh, and while you don’t have to touch the faucet, you can touch the faucet. A rocker switch lets you go from regular water flow to spray, and the 360° turntable spring arm can be pivoted to suit your needs.
Can you tell I love it? GROHE changes people’s lives by making life easier, healthier and more beautiful. (And GROHE is changing my life by bringing salads back into my meals on a regular basis.)
Yummy.
Time to eat. Wash your hands at my kitchen sink, and I’ll meet you at the table! (Find out more about the GROHE K7 faucet here.)
Garden Fresh Quinoa Salad with Ginger-Curry Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 cups baby spinach or romaine
- 1/2 cup tricolor quinoa
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cucumber washed and sliced in half moons
- 1/2 carrot peeled, washed and cut into peels
- 1/2 stalk celery washed and sliced
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Dressing
- 2 red apples washed, peeled and chopped fine
- 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice juice of one lemon
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 1/4 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp minced ginger
- 4 Tbsp dried cherries chopped
- Dash black pepper
Instructions
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Cook quinoa in water according to package directions. Rinse in fine-mesh strainer; set aside.
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While quinoa is cooking, whisk together salad dressing ingredients. Set aside.
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Place spinach leaves in bottom of salad bowl. Add quinoa, cucumbers, carrots, celery, raisins and walnuts.
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Serve with salad dressing on the side.
Enjoy!
There are so many delicious flavors in that salad. I totally love the faucet – I need one!
Ooooooo can we say yum?!??i just love quinoa and I’m always looking for new ways to enjoy it!!! Must give your recipe a try
This looks SO GOOD!! I love trying new salads, especially since I have one almost every day! I love quinoa and just never thought to add that in, so genius! I love the addition of apples too! Yum!
Fill me up with yummy protein-packed salads! I worked at a restaurant that specialized in fancy salads, and it ruined me for boring lettuce and shredded carrots. I want mine loaded like this one!
OMG, that salad looks like a salad of my dreams. It looks delicious. It has all the right stuff and it looks amazing!
Ohh I love the colors in here, it’s good for summer and fall. I don’t think I’ve had quinoa before, but it should make for a different twist to salads!
Your salad looks so lovely and colorful. Ginger and curry sounds like an interesting combo for a dressing. I wouldn’t mind trying it myself!
This looks so delicious! I have been looking for a healthy bowl like this. Thanks for sharing!
Aside from the awesome salad, I think that faucet is great! I have never seen that before, except of course for those old school drinking fountains. I would love to have that in my kitchen. I will ask my husband if he can install one for me.
Looks like a really great salad. You have something of everything all in one bowl. The dressing is interesting too. I have to make me a bowl of this. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
What a fresh and tasty salad for any time of year but especially fall! Can’t wait to give it a try.
I am seriously all about that quinoa. This salad looks absolutely perfect for lunch.
This is so fresh; I love it. I bet it sets well inside of your tummy also.
This salad looks extremely good. I have never made a Quinoa salad but would love to give it a try.
That faucet sounds great, I should really check it out! I love that you can just step on the switch to turn it on and off. It’s going to help you save on water too. I’m curious about that salad dressing, thanks for the recipe! The salad looks so good as well.
I love quinoa salad and this looks so delicious. I love that faucet that you have, very stylish.
That salad looks amazingly delicious! Would love to try that! I would love to have that hands-free faucet too!
I’ve seen a lot of quinoa salads lately. Although I’ve never tried quinoa I must say they look really delicious.
YUM! I am always trying to find new ways to cook with quinoa, and this looks awesome!
Mmmm, you had me at ginger curry! Those are too of my favorite flavors and I bet they give a real lightness and freshness to this yummy salad!
I love salads especially in the summer this looks delicious and very healthy. I need to borrow your recipe
So I have a faucet very similar to this one in that it has the big arch and the coil – and I LOVE it. But how did I miss the memo that there was one with the foot activation plate?? That looks super handy.
Well who wouldn’t love a faucet that cool! I think it’s pretty awesome and a must have at home! It’s definitely going to make life easier. Thanks for the wicked recipe! It looks so good!
This looks absolutely delicious! I love a good salad, especially with fruits!
This sounds absolutely scrumptious – I love the flavour combinations. And that faucet is just what I need in my kitchen.
I really want to upgrade my faucet now, that one looks amazing. And I really can’t wait to try that salad. I haven’t had too many quinoa salads and yours looks fantastic!
That faucet looks totally amazing!! I would love to try that quinoa salad too! 😀
Having a hands free faucet is everything! I love how elegant it looks in your kitchen.
My sister just redid her kitchen and has that same faucet. I told my husband after leaving her house that I wanted to upgrade ours to and put that one in our kitchen too. And, your faucet salad looks tasty and very pretty!
That faucet would love really awesome in my new home! I love how hands free it is. The salad looks tasty too!
I love a great quinoa salad. This one sounds so easy to make and totally delicious. This would be perfect for any summer day.
This looks Ah-Mah-Zing! What a great lunch or diner idea. And that faucet? Yes, a million times yes!
OK…I definitely need one of those faucets!! But that salad looms amazing. Not your traditional salad and this my type of salad.
My family and I love quinoa…this salad would be a big hit in my house. It looks so good!
This sounds like an amazing flavor combination. I may need to try this with the family this week.
I’ve been wanting to make a quinoa salad for the longest time but always forget to do so. This one looks so delicious and colorful!
oh my goodness! everything about this looks and sounds so delicious!!! and The dressing sounds delightful!
How refreshing. I’d give this a try even though quinoa sometimes frightens me. But everything else sounds fantastic.
Now this looks like an amazing salad, what a mix of ingredients, I am definitely up for giving this a try myself.
This salad looks so good. Can’t wait to give it a try. And that faucet?? Yes, please.
So I recently starting putting quinoa in my salads and I am loving it. It really gives it an extra something!
This looks so yummy I am ready to try this recipe!
I don’t think I have ever seen quinoa salad look as good as this does. I will definitely save to make for another time
That faucet looks really effective. It can really make preparing meals easier. The Garden Fresh Quinoa Salad with apples and ginger curry looks really tasty. I’ve tried quinoa and its healthy and delicious.
Your recipe for garden fresh quinoa salad with apples and ginger curry dressing sounds absolutely amazing! What a yummy salad for summer!
Don’t think I am crazy, but I JUST discovered quinoa and can’t get enough. I am kicking myself for not trying it sooner.
Anything curry and I am there! This looks amazing and I am going to have to make a store run so I can make it soon. And yes, that faucet is b e a u itful.
That faucet is on my list for our new house!
That faucet is incredible, I am loving that it is motion sensor and foot plate. And that salad looks absolutely delicious
Sadly I am the only one who like quinoa in my household. Surrounded by heathen. I could make this for a women luncheon or maybe just for me.
This looks SO good! I have been trying to make a quinoa salad for years and it never turns out all that well. This one looks AH-mazing! I am totally trying it!
This salad looks amazing. I have never had quinoa, but I have been wanting to try it and this is the perfect recipe.
When you’re making something this fabulous, the process also needs to be fabulous! Your hands-free faucet looks like every cook’s dream.
That looks amazing! I recently started using quinoa, and I love it. It’s so healthy, and it tastes SO GOOD! I can’t wait to try this.
This is especially timely for me because our existing pull down faucet is giving me major trouble. I’d love to have this faucet in my kitchen!
That looks so good! I love quinoa. I’ve become addicted to it, in fact. I can’t wait to try this!