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{Copycat} Costco quinoa salad

You can now make this Copycat Costco Quinoa Salad recipe at home. You need minimal ingredients to put together this simple yet flavorful salad.

costco quinoa salad
I’m a little too late to the beach scene. School has started back up and vacations for “most” people are over. Not the case for our family. I’m packing us up and we are headed to Charleston this weekend for a little R & R.

Can we talk about faux tans for a minute?

Sure… I guess I’ll be having it with myself.

I’m WHITE and I don’t tan well. In fact, I burn, peel, and then go back to being extremely white with no color change at all. Tanning salons are not my thing since I’ve had skin cancer on my face. The next best idea is spray tans. I love them when I can find a decent person to do it. The last one I had was three years ago for my wedding.

costco quinoa salad

My problem is once you step in the pool, the tan comes off immediately. It’s like going in all pretty and stuff, and then you come out, and people are like what just happened to that chick.

So the big questions remains spray tan or go pale?

I’m also behind on getting “beach body ready.” This quinoa salad should have been eaten all summer long with some fresh fruits and veggies. Nothing like cramming a summer salad diet one week before the beach, I guess the pizza that I ate with it also doesn’t help.

ENJOY ~ Meagan

costco quinoa salad

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costco quinoa salad

Costco quinoa salad

Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 3/4 cup red lentils
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 2 cups diced cucumber
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 1 cup chopped kale
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt plus extra for topping

Instructions

Cook the brown rice, red lentils and quinoa according to package instructions.

In a large bowl add cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, kale and cilantro.  In a smaller bowl whisk together the sugar, vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and salt.  Pour over the vegetables and then add in the rice, lentils and quinoa.

Stir the mixture, cover and place in refrigerator.

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