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Home » Vegan Recipes » Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing {vegan}

Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing {vegan}

Published: Nov 4, 2015 · Updated: Jul 31, 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan
Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan
Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan
Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan
Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan

This gorgeous vibrantly green spring salad recipe is vegan and gluten-free and is the perfect way to celebrate the best of spring greens.

Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing - this gorgeous vegan and gluten free salad is the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of spring

Spring is my favourite time of the year.

The arrival of spring brings flowers out of hibernation while the warmer weather beckons you outside.  And with spring, comes the arrival of spring fruit and vegetables.

This quinoa salad, for me, is a celebration of spring. Vibrant green snow peas, sugar snaps, baby peas and broad beans are the star of the show. Quinoa adds body and bulk, turning this salad into a meal. While mint adds a further bit of brightness which contrasts beautifully with the sweet greens. The finishing touch is a simple lemon and mustard-spiked dressing, and a sprinkle of poppy seeds.

If you don’t have poppy seeds try roughly chopped almonds or toasted pine nuts, or skip the nuts altogether. A crumbling of feta would be great here too, but sadly dairy and I don’t see eye to eye these days, but if you can tolerate it, it would make a fabulous creamy addition. I’d go for Danish feta, which is lovely and creamy, rather than Greek.

Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing - this gorgeous vegan and gluten free salad is the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of spring

Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing vegan

Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing

A beautiful celebration of spring greens
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian
Keyword: green spring salad recipe, Green Spring Salad with Quinoa and a Lemon Mustard Dressing, salad recipe, spring greens, spring greens salad
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Calories: 362kcal
Author: Delicious Everyday
4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbs poppy seeds
  • 100 g snow peas 3 1/2 oz
  • 100 g sugar snap peas 3 1/2 oz
  • 100 g broad beans 3 1/2 oz
  • 100 g peas 3 1/2 oz, frozen is fine
  • 1/2 cup mint leaves roughly torn

DRESSING:

  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 2 tbs lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper
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Instructions

  • Rinse the quinoa under cold running water for a few minutes, swriling the seeds with your fingers to make sure they are well rinsed to remove their bitter coating. Drain and place in a small saucepan with 1 cup of water over a high heat. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid, and reduce to low and cook for 13 to 15 minutes. When the quinoa is cooked remove from the heat and leave covered while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
  • Place the poppy seeds in a small frying pan over a low heat and toast for 2 to 3 minutes. Leave to cool.
  • Remove the broad beans from their shell and trim the sugar snaps and snow peas. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and fill a large bowl with cold water and throw in a couple of ice cubes. Add the snow peas, sugar snaps and broad beans to the boiling water and cook for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to remove them from the water and place in the bowl of iced water. Now cook the peas, for 1 to 2 minutes and place in the iced water.
  • Remove the broad beans from their leathery jackets. Julienne the snow peas and cut the sugar snaps in half, lengthways.
  • Make the dressing by placing all of the ingredients in a small jar and shake until well combined.
  • Use a fork to fluff up and quinoa and place in a large serving bowl. Add the spring vegetables and to the bowl along with the mint leaves and dressing. Toss to combine before scattering the poppy seeds over the top.

Nutrition

Calories: 362kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 515mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 975IU | Vitamin C: 44.7mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 4.3mg
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  1. Rae says

    November 08, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    Mmm! This salad looks absolutely delicious and I am sure it tastes even better! Will definitely need to try to make this!

    Reply
  2. Liz says

    November 05, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    The photography is beautiful. Congratulations. Looks too good to eat.

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    • Nicole @ Delicious Everyday says

      November 05, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Thanks Liz!

      Reply
  3. Rosa says

    November 04, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    A delightful salad! Great summer flavours.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
    • Nicole @ Delicious Everyday says

      November 05, 2015 at 1:19 pm

      Thanks Rosa! 🙂

      Reply

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