Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad

Name: Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad
Total time: 80
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 1 cup quinoa, rinsed; 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup chopped broccoli; 1 yellow bell pepper, diced; 1 red bell pepper, diced; ½ cucumber - peeled, seeded, and chopped; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; ½ lemon, juiced; ½ lime, juiced; salt and ground black pepper to taste; ½ cup chopped cilantro

Recipe by Melanie McClare from allrecipes.com

Dinner,Lunch 1 Hr. 20 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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2 cups water
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1 cup quinoa, rinsed
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2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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1 cup chopped broccoli
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1 yellow bell pepper, diced
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1 red bell pepper, diced

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½ cucumber - peeled, seeded, and chopped
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¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
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2 tablespoons maple syrup
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½ lemon, juiced
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½ lime, juiced
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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½ cup chopped cilantro

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Toss sweet potatoes in olive oil on a baking sheet.
Roast in the preheated oven until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Mix broccoli, yellow pepper, red pepper, and cucumber in a large bowl; stir in quinoa and sweet potatoes.
Whisk extra-virgin olive oil, maple syrup, lemon juice, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Mix dressing into salad; garnish with cilantro.