Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins

Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins

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Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins – colorful and full of flavor, this quinoa salad is a great dish for your next barbeque, potluck or picnic. It is also wonderful as a light meal on it’s own.

Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins

Warm Weather Dishes

We’ve been enjoying a streak of gorgeous spring weather here in Massachusetts. And, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite warm weather dishes these past few weeks, including this refreshing Chilled Sweet Pea and Mint Soup and this delicious Bacon Arugula Tomato and White Bean Pasta Salad.

Another of my favorite warm weather dishes is quinoa salads. And, today I’m sharing this wonderful Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins.

I love quinoa. It’s a super food, packed full of protein and fiber, and has a wonderful nutty flavor. It also absorbs other flavors nicely and lends itself to a variety of preparation including all types of cold salads.

Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins

This Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins has such a wonderful combination of flavors and textures. The warm spices of cumin and curry pair nicely with the nutty quinoa and creamy chickpeas. The carrots and apples provide crunch. The raisins add a touch of sweetness. The herbs and lemon vinaigrette provide freshness and a bit of tang.

Altogether, this Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins is full of color, flavor and is so delicious.

Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins
This colorful Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins can be made ahead of time, keeps well in the refrigerator and is a great dish for a barbeque, potluck or picnic.

This pretty salad — on it’s own, or paired with some salad greens — is also wonderful for a light meal on a warm spring day or anytime.

Do you have a favorite quinoa salad? Please let me know in the comments below!


 
Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins - colorful and full of flavor, this quinoa salad is a great dish for your next barbeque, potluck or picnic. It is also wonderful as a light meal on it's own.

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  4. […] already shared a couple of my favorite quinoa salads here including my Curried Quinoa and Chickpea Salad with Carrots, Apples & Raisins and my California Quinoa Salad with Black Beans and today I’m sharing a new favorite, this […]

  5. Colorful and very interesting combination of ingredients. I LOVE quinoa and all the ingredients, but never though to combine them all together
    This should be a terrific salad

  8. Yum! I don’t eat much quinoa but want to change that so this recipe is on my must try list! Pinned and tweeted. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday! This is going to be one of my features this week. Hope to see you again Sunday night!

  10. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday, I just pinned this recipe it looks so good! Hope you are having a great week and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  13. Yum, this looks so delicious! I love quinoa and am definitely adding this to my list of dishes to make! Pinning, thanks for sharing!

    Visiting from the Friendship Friday blog party.

    • Hi Jody, thanks so much for coming by and for the pin! I hope you give this salad a try an enjoy!

  14. We love cooking with quinoa too. This salad looks really interesting. The curry is a new twist for me! The ingredient blend you’re using looks delicious!

  15. Love all the ingredients in your quinoa dish. This is a combo I could throw together in a very short time as I always have some kind of grain or seed cooked and ready to go. On my “to do” list. YUM>

  24. this looks like such a healthy and filling vegetarian dish. I would never think to put raisins in quinoa but I tried it recently in a few other recipes and it really is fantastic! I’ve used dried cranberries and thought would probably be good in this too!

  26. I love quinoa salad and curry chickpeas. Put them together and now we have fireworks. Thanks for sharing!

  29. I love curried chickpeas in just about anything, but I would’ve never thought of adding apples and raisins. This looks wonderful.

    • Thanks Katherine! I love curried chickpeas too and they are indeed wonderful with the bit of sweetness from the apples and raisins.

    • Thanks Carlee! It is indeed a great salad for this warm weather, I think I may make another batch this week!

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