Big Easy Summer Quinoa Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup drained and rinsed no salt added garbanzo beans
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1½ tablespoons Creole mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 DOLE® Avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped
- 2 cups loosely packed DOLE® Arugula
- 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Toss beans, 1 teaspoon oil and seasoning in a medium bowl; spread in a single layer on a rimmed baking pan. Roast 25 minutes or until golden brown and crisp; cool completely.
- Prepare quinoa as label directs; cool completely.
- Whisk mustard, honey, vinegar, salt and remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large bowl; fold in avocado, arugula, tomatoes and quinoa. Makes about 6 cups.
- Serve salad sprinkled with beans.