Mexican-Style Quinoa Salad with Avocado Lime Dressing

Packed with tons of Mexican-style goodness and drizzled with a creamy avocado lime dressing, this colorful quinoa salad is so easy and so dang good, it will quickly become a dinner regular!

The fact of the matter is that colorful + packed + RIDICULOUSLY-GOOD salads like this are what gets me through the week.

Especially in these dark days of January/early February. I swear, the LONGEST time of the year, you guys. I need a quinoa salad like this on instant repeat every freaking day.

With preferably a gallon of that pretty avocado lime dressing that conveniently comes with. ??

Quinoa is seriously my go-to grain for lunches/dinners lately, y’all. It’s seriously SO good for you and clearly it’s perfect for loading up with basically anything your heart desires. Remember these meal prep bowls a few weeks ago? That was dinner for honestly way more days in a row then I’d care to admit.

So it’s Mexican-style quinoa salad all the freaking way today, friends. This one is SO easy to throw together!

You can use leftover quinoa for this salad easily and it speeds up the whole process by a TON! Simply throw a bunch of romaine in the bowl and pile your quinoa and ALL the Mexican stuff like tomatoes, black beans, shredded cheese, etc on top.

On the tippy-top though…don’t be afraid to go completely nuts with the avocado lime dressing. Yeeeeeeeeees.

Your newest quinoa salad obsession is quite obviously staring you in the face, friends. Make a HUGE batch of this for the workweek and thank me later.

Brb, salad faceplant time. ?

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Mexican-Style Quinoa Salad with Avocado Lime Dressing

Packed with tons of Mexican-style goodness and drizzled with a creamy avocado lime dressing, this colorful quinoa salad is so easy and so dang good, it will quickly become a dinner regular!

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Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

Salad

• 2 cups cooked quinoa, cold
• 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 1/2 cup black beans, drained
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
• Salt and pepper to taste

Avocado Lime Dressing

• 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Salad

• In a large serving bowl, combine all salad ingredients and season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep cold while preparing the dressing.

Avocado Lime Dressing

• In a food processor or blender, pulse all dressing ingredients several times until completely smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. When ready to serve, drizzle dressing over salad and toss to coat. Serve immediately and enjoy!

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