Zesty Quinoa Salad with Asparagus and Kale – you’re bound to love this delicious and healthy recipe. Vegan and gluten free, it’s the perfect meal for dinner. Zesty Quinoa Salad with Asparagus and Kale totally changed my mind about quinoa. I tried quinoa once a while ago and wasn’t that impressed with it – it was kind of dry and flavorless and just sort of turned into mush in your mouth.

But after seeing numerous quinoa recipes online and reading about all the various health benefits (high in protein, plant derived calcium, iron, and fiber, with magnesium to regulate blood pressure and relax muscles and manganese and copper to work as antioxidants) – I knew it deserved another chance.

I figured even if I didn’t like it that much the second time around, consuming such a superfood would still be worth it. I’m also always on the lookout for vegetarian meals so this recipe allowed me to kill two birds with one stone, as the saying goes.

But let me tell you – I LOVED it. This zesty quinoa salad recipe with asparagus and kale is just perfect.

I must have completely over cooked it the first time because with this zesty quinoa salad was delicious. I couldn’t stop myself from getting seconds, and then thirds – it was that good.

The combination of the textures and flavors of the quinoa, artichokes, asparagus and kale is fantastic and this zesty quinoa salad makes the perfectly healthy meal.

If omitting the Parmesan it becomes vegan. I urge you to try this. If you’re sketical of quinoa do it for the health benefits at least, if not for the taste. Just make sure not to over cook it.

Now that I’m a quinoa convert expect to see some more quinoa recipes in the future (unless of course I just keep making this one over and over again).

How to make my zesty quinoa salad with asparagus and kale