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Mexican Quinoa Salad Cups with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing
- Time
- 30 min
- Makes
- 12
- Ingredients
- 16
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Ingredients
- 2 small heads artisan lettuce ((any variety that will form cups/wraps nicely – or sub corn tortillas))
- 1 15-ounce can unsalted black beans ((note: If your beans are salted, omit additional sea salt))
- 1 large sweet potato ((scrubbed, rinsed and cubed))
- ~1/2 tsp each cumin, cinnamon, and sea salt ((divided))
- 3/4 cup dry white or red quinoa ((rinsed in a fine mesh strainer))
- Olive oil
- 1/2 small ripe avocado
- 1 cup chopped cilantro
- 2-3 small limes, juiced
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive or avocado oil
- 1/4 tsp each sea salt and cumin
- 1 Tbsp sweetener of choice ((such as cane sugar or honey if not vegan))
- Water ((to thin))
- Hot Sauce
- Salsa
- Jalapeño slices
Nutrition · per serving
1 salad cups per serving
- Calories
- 282 kcal
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 8.6 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 200 mg
- Protein
- 6.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 28 g
- Saturated fat
- 2.8 g
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