Edamame Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

• Edamame

  Frozen, unprepared

  454g

• Corn

  Sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, unprepared

  1 ¼ cup or 170g

• Quinoa

  Cooked

  1 ½ cup or 278g

• Onions

  Young green, tops only

  2 stalk or 24g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  1 medium or 119g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  2 tbsp or 2g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Lemon juice

  Canned or bottled

  1 ½ tbsp or 23g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 ½ tbsp or 23g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, ground or 0.7g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ⅛ tsp or 0.2g

Directions

1. Place edamame and the corn in a strainer. Run hot water over them to thaw.
2. In a large bowl combine the edamame, corn, quinoa, green onion, red pepper, and cilantro.
3. In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, lime juice, salt, chili powder, black pepper, thyme and cayenne until will combined.
4. Drizzle over the salad and toss to coat.
5. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.