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Home / Gluten Free / Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic

Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic

By: 👩‍🦳 Linda · Published: 🖨 March 24, 2015 · Updated: 💻October 24, 2017 · 🗨 2 Comments

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This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing!

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com

Kabocha squash is one of my favorite squashes. Whenever I see it at the grocery store, I can hardly walk past without bringing one home. Kabocha has the perfect shape for a squash. It is very symmetrical and the average size is just about right for recipes that serve four.

Orange Kabocha Squash

Up until this past weekend, I have always thought kabocha squash has a rind with mottled blue-grey striping. While walking through the produce section of a health food store with my dear friend, this beautiful bright orange squash caught my eye. I had to check it out and was totally surprised that it was an orange kabocha! I had to bring one home as I was curious about its taste and texture.

Preparing Kabocha Squash

When preparing the squash, the first thing I noticed was that the rind was not as hard as the green one. My knife went through the squash easily. Like its green counterpart, the color of the flesh was an intense yellow-orange color. After cooking, the texture was a little less fluffy but it was definitely sweeter than green kabocha.

Kabocha cooks easily and the rind can be eaten. Since this orange rind is much softer and did not have too many “bumps” or blemish, I decided not to peel it. Of course it is totally up to you. You can remove the rind if you prefer.

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com

The Making of this Quinoa Salad

I used half of the squash for this Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic and saved the other half for another recipe. That worked out really well and the proportion of quinoa and squash was just about right. I threw in a bulb of garlic to give the dish a more savory taste. Unlike raw garlic, roasted garlic is mellow and quite delicious. Use the entire bulb or just a few cloves and keep the rest for another dish. I used the entire bulb.

If you have never tried quinoa, this dish is a good place to start. My favorite is the tri-colored rainbow quinoa. It made a lovely presentation together with the bright orange kabocha squash and chunks of roasted garlic. The Meyer lemon and maple syrup dressing gave it a little zing.

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com

Tools Used in Making This Quinoa Salad

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• Mediterranean Blue Terra Cotta Cazuelas – 8 Inches (4 Dishes)
• Acaciaware 6 x 3 inch Acacia Wood Round Salad Bowl, Set of 4

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com
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Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing!
Author : Linda Ooi
Course : Salad
Cuisine : American
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Servings : 4
Calories : 374kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bulb garlic
  • ½ small orange kabocha squash (seeds removed, and cubed)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup rainbow quinoa (200g)
  • 3 sprigs curly parsley (stems removed and chopped)

Dressing

  • 1 Meyer lemon (juiced)
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
  • Peel away outer layers of garlic bulb, leaving skins of individual cloves intact. Slice about ½ inch off the top of garlic bulb exposing individual cloves. Place garlic bulb together with cubed orange kabocha squash in an oven proof dish. Sprinkle salt and pepper over garlic and squash. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast in oven for about 45 minutes until squash and garlic are tender.
  • Rinse quinoa until water runs clear. Drain and place in a medium sized pan. Add 2 cups (480ml) water. Place on the stove and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat and let quinoa simmer until all water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Turn off heat.
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  • When roasted garlic bulb is cool enough to handle, squeeze garlic cloves out of their skins. Using kitchen shears, snip garlic cloves into smaller pieces. Transfer cooked quinoa, roasted kabocha squash and garlic to a large bowl.
  • Combine lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, maple syrup, and salt in a small bowl. Stir to combine.
  • Pour over quinoa, squash, and garlic. Mix with a spatula until well combined.
  • Sprinkle chopped parsley over the top and serve warm.
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Nutrition

Calories: 374kcal
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Serving Suggestions

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic can be eaten on its own for a light and healthy lunch or as a tasty side dish. It will be delicious served with a stew.

• Slow Cooker Chicken Stew
• Chicken and Fennel Stew

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com

This Quinoa Salad with Kabocha and Roasted Garlic makes a light and healthy lunch or a tasty side dish. Meyer lemon gives the dish a nice zing! | RotiNRice.com

Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! 😎

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  1. rebecca says

    March 24, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    this looks wonderful and I must try this squash

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  2. Haruna says

    April 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    5 stars
    Looks very good! And amazing photography too!

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