Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette

by Sabrina Snyder

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4 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
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Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette with crunchy hazelnuts, creamy goat cheese and fluffy quinoa is a delicious lunch option you’ll love.

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Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette will surprise you with its delightful flavors you won’t find at your local salad bar. You’ll love this beautiful salad at lunch with a Pure Leaf® Pomegranate Iced Tea, who generously sponsored this post.

Salads frequently have added fruits but the brilliant addition of pomegranates in this salad still gives you the wonderful burst of juicy fruit flavor without causing your salad to get soggy like most berries would. The crunchy hazelnuts offer a delicious crunch with a boost of flavor and the creamy goat cheese pairs wonderfully with with Pure Leaf® Pomegranate Iced Tea.

Since the vinaigrette calls for using  bit of the Pure Leaf® Pomegranate Iced Tea, you’ll enjoy getting to drink the rest of it with your meal. Plus, you can be sure that Pure Leaf® will have that authentic tea taste because they are brewed from real tea leaves and are never made from powder or concentrate.

The addition of the quinoa and the hazelnuts will keep you fuller longer, and with just a small amount of olive oil in the dressing you won’t feel like you’re indulging in a heavy meal during your lunch hour. This salad is the perfect mid-day meal to recharge you for the rest of your day.

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Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette with crunchy hazelnuts, creamy goat cheese and fluffy quinoa is a delicious lunch option you'll love.  Pairs perfectly with Pure Leaf® Pomegranate Flavor Iced Tea.
Yield 4 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette with crunchy hazelnuts, creamy goat cheese and fluffy quinoa is a delicious and healthy lunch option you'll love.
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Ingredients
 

Salad Ingredients:

  • 1 bunch arugula , washed
  • 1/2  pound snap peas , trimmed, stringed, cut in half on diagonal
  • 1/4  cup mint leaves , packed
  • 1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds
  • 1/2 cup roasted hazelnuts , coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup goat cheese , crumbled
  • 1 cup quinoa

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 1/2  tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Pure Leaf. Pomegranate Flavor Tea
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Freshly ground pepper , to taste

Instructions

  • Bring quinoa and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
  • Divide quinoa, snap peas, pomegranate seeds, mint, hazelnuts, goat cheese and arugula, among 4 glass storage jars.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, vinegar and Pure Leaf. Pomegranate flavor tea. Add olive oil in a slow stream, whisking constantly to emulsify. Add salt and pepper, and combine. Place dressing in 4 separate small portable containers or plastic baggies.
  • When ready to eat, drizzle vinaigrette over salad and toss in jar to coat.

Nutrition

Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 278mg | Potassium: 519mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1029IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 5mg

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Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette pairs perfectly with Pomegranate Iced Tea

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pure Leaf® Tea.

Pomegranate Quinoa Salad with Tea Vinaigrette with crunchy hazelnuts, creamy goat cheese and fluffy quinoa is a delicious and healthy lunch option you'll love.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  4. I use quinoa in salads quite a bit…I’m excited to have a new one to try! I’m intrigued by using pomegranates in a salad…I haven’t done that before.

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  6. This is such a brilliant, refreshing dish for lunch! I’m definitely going to have to try it soon.

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