Look at me? Mrs. Poster this weekend! Must be a record for how many recipes I have pushed out this weekend. My long weekend has been pretty much spent in the kitchen. We are going to Minneapolis, MN next weekend for my husbands birthday and he was on call this weekend, so we kept it rather low key. Which was fine with me! Look what I got done!!
This is a rather special post, recently a NEW local blogger friend Courtney from The Fig Tree Blog invited me to join in a virtual potluck. How nifty blogging and the internet are! I was extremely excited to join. Even more so to meet more lovely blogger friends. I never realize how much blogging would change my life, I have met so many amazing people both locally and all over the globe. And Courtney is truly one special lady. She is a vegetarian, beautiful photographer and just one of those people that you love right away. This potluck only had one rule; that it needed to be a vegan or vegetarian dish…easy done! I decided to bring a quinoa salad. Quinoa is a superfood, full of 8 amino acids, gluten free and full of protein. Perfect! Let’s get started
Ingredients: Yields 8 servings
Recipe adapted from Two peas and their Pod
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed in cold water
- 2T EVOO
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 2T freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1t lime zest
- 1/2 cup of black beans(can is okay just rinse them)
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- half a packet of stevia or 1/4t of white sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
Directions: In a small bowl, mix together evoo, garlic, lime juice, lime zest, stevia and salt & pepper. Put aside. In a large pot, add quinoa to boiling vegetable broth, stir, turn heat down to low, cover and let quinoa cook for about 20min. Once cooked, fluff quino with a fork and place in a medium size bowl.
Add lime dressing, black beans, cilantro and tomatoes. Mix. I like this cold, but can also serve warm.
Now that we know what I brought, lets see what everyone else did 
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This was such a blast! Thanks again Courtney for organizing and everyone who participated! We need to do this again!
Well I gotta go quickly get ready, husbands birthday dinner at his parents house tonight! His birthday is on Thursday, but we will be out of town next weekend, so tonight is the night! Have a great night everyone!!
Question: Have you ever participated in a virtual potluck? Would you? What would you have brought today?
Just incase you missed my weekend posting insanity, don’t forget to check out my Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes & Ancho Chili Chocolate Brownies
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What a neat idea! I would totally do one. I love breakfast foods so I would probably bring a breakfast dish. Love quinoa salads in the summer, so easy to pre-cook quinoa and use it throughout the week is salads and then grill up meat or whatever.
Have tons of fun in the US!!
Great post!!! Love this salad. Cannot wait to make some + devour a whole bowl! *hehe* One problem with this potluck is being teased by all of the tasty food, but only getting to sample our own creations! *hah* Thanks for participating! Means a lot
HUGS! Thank you for your lovely kind words too. xoxo
Have a blast in the States!
Great addition to the potluck! I love quinoa/black bean salads, and yours sounds so good! Especially love the lime and cilantro in it.
I love the black beans with quinoa and this gorgeous salad! Most of the non virtual potlucks for me are usually indian food:) and very few people like salads with it. so i usually take a cooked main dish or a baked dessert.
That’s adorable! Love that you guys did that. Blogging has changed my life also- such a great community we have here
xo
Ahh quinoa salad – i totally could and do make some variation of a veggie quinoa bowl for dinner at least 2 times a week – I LOVE the lime and cilantro you added in.
You are so right Court is just one of those people you instantly fall in love with – she is the sweetest!
It is nice meeting you, can’t wait to check out more of your blog
Oh Destini, what a perfect dish for our fabulous virtual potluck! I’ve been veggie for a week but I was already in love with quinoa, so this dish is right up my alley. Love it! So great that we’ve had the chance to meet in person…and that we met through another virtual blogger swap, what fun the internet is some days xo
I love quinoa salads, especially when they have lots of great flavours mixed in like this one! This sounds perfect for a potluck, especially since you can eat it warm or cold. And I love how you used the word nifty haha…I’m glad I found your blog through this event
I am so glad that I decided to change my dish at the last minute because we would have brought practically the same food! haha. Great minds think alike
I love this salad so much!!
Hi Destini!
Nice to finally ‘meet’ you! This salad looks great, I love quinoa and finding new recipes to add to my repertoire. Your pictures are great!
I can’t wait to browse your blog for more recipes…..Courtney is such a sweetie for bringing us all together! Thanks again! Xoxo
Helena
What a fabulous salad, this looks amazing! Stunning presentation!
What is this thing called evoo????????????
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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