This protein-packed quinoa salad embodies the flavors of autumn, but it's great served any time of the year. This salad is packed with spicy roasted pumpkins, black quinoa and red onions, and finished with a creamy herby avocado dressing. Great warm or cold, as a meatless main or side dish!
Black Quinoa Pumpkin Salad with Avocado Sour Cream Dressing
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- Place all ingredients for the dressing in a food processor and blend until smooth. Chill until ready to serve.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Put the pumpkin, chilli flakes, garlic, ginger, olive oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl and toss until well coated. Spread evenly in a roasting tray lined with baking paper), then roast for 30 minutes, or until the pumpkin is just cooked through but still firm.
- Rinse quinoa in a fine sieve until water runs clear, drain and transfer to a medium saucepan. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until water has absorbed. Set aside to cool and fluff with a fork.
- Combine the pumpkin, red onion and black quinoa in a large serving plate. Garnish with parsley and serve with avocado dressing.
interesting salad. also Love the avocado dressing!
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ReplyDeleteA beautiful salad! That combo is great. Will have to try that soon.
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Oh the fall and the colors, you packed everything in one bowl :) Looks wonderful Angie! Have a great fall!
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ReplyDeleteI was on here commenting when you left a comment on my sight. I made a salad just like thias this other day and added feta. What a great idea to add avocado and sour cream. Perfect
Pumpkin season is on at Angie's. Great way to start it!
ReplyDeleteThe black quinoa with the orange pumpkin look so attractive together. Another tasty and healthy salad.
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This is my kind of salad! Wish I were having it for lunch!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours! I've yet to try black quinoa yet, but I love the regular quinoa. Thanks for the recipe :-)
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer pumpkin in savoury applications. This is absolutely gorgeous! Love the avocado dressing too, yum!
ReplyDeleteI could enjoy this every day Angie. Wonderful recipe.
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My kind of salad! The avocado dressing looks like a perfect topping for this lovely dish, Angie.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh that looks absolutely delish! I am so gonna try this sooon! Especially since I have a pack of sprouted quinoa and I am running out of ideas how to cook it. :P Thanks Angie for sharing this. :9
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Such a lovely bowl of salad! I love pumpkins!
ReplyDeleteAnche io questa settimana mi sono cimentata con la quinoa! grazie per questa proposta con l'avocado che mi piace moltissimo. Sicuramente la rifarò;))
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Autumn certainly is here...just by admiring your beautiful, colorful fall salad! So healthy, and totally delicious. I could have this for lunch right now; not wanting to have anything else and I would be so content!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous colors on this very fall salad indeed. You always make me want to buy a pumpkin :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful salad, perfect for fall! I love the pictures :)
ReplyDeleteWith temperatures dropping - I am really loving warm salads - and Angie - this one sounds marvelous - while that dressing sounds divine, I think I could eat the salad sans dressing - so much flavor in it! As always, gorgeous photos!
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ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful and delicious!
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This is fall (perfection) inside one bowl! Love it <3
ReplyDeleteThis is all kinds of perfect Angie! I love all of the flavors and the veggies.
ReplyDeleteI love this time of the year here since it's the beginning of pumpkin season :) I am a huge fan of winter squash in general, there are so many great recipes using pumpkin! Your recipe looks great!
ReplyDeleteawwww... it looks so good! i love the colors! The pumpkin is so tasty! I have one in my house and I'm wondering what to do with it...
ReplyDeleteI love quinoa but never tried using black quinoa! this is great - I'll keep my eye out for it next time, it looks so beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteThis would keep me satisfied all day. Love the color of the pumpkin, it's so vibrant!
ReplyDeleteI've bookmarked this. I love all the ingredients piled in this deliciously looking and healthy salad. Thanks Angie, yet again for presenting such a lovely salad.
ReplyDeleteWonderful autumn colors!
ReplyDeleteOooo I love salads with quinoa! And with the pumpkin - it sounds delicious! Love the avocado dressing too!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeously presented, Angie! ❤ ❤
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the contrasting colors of the pumpkin and quinoa in this Halloween reminiscent salad Angie ;-). As always, just bursting with goodness and what a great dressing too. By the way, so happy to see that you are on Facebook -- it seems to me I have looked you up there before without success. Glad I finally found you. Now I'm going to pin some of these lovely recipes of yours! xx
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ReplyDeleteAwesome salad Angie...love the colors, especially with the avocado dressing...
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a great week :D
Another mouthwatering meal. Thanks again for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteAngie thanks for brighten my day with your colorful salad again :D
ReplyDeleteTempting yummy salad
ReplyDeleteAwesome autumn salad. Pumpkin with avocado dressing is so good combination!
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ReplyDeleteThis salad looks good and I like all the vibrant colours!
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ReplyDeleteI love the way you use contrasting colours in your salads along with the flavours. :) have a nice week end!!
ReplyDeletenot sure if my first comment went through (LOL). but as always you have a lovely contrast between the black quinoa and the orange pumpkin.
ReplyDeleteThis salad is screaming fall! I love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat way of using pumpkin. I have never seen black quinoa. You use quinoa a lot. It is so healthy but I am not used to cook it much. Thanks for these tips!
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ReplyDeleteAvocado sour cream dressing looks creamy and luscious!! I bet it was a perfect dressing for the pumpkin salad.
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ReplyDeleteThe black quinoa is so beautiful paired with pumpkin! What a delightful and delicious combination :)
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ReplyDeleteYou are getting me so ready for Halloween! This must be the perfect salad for that AND everything else!
ReplyDeleteI love when it's pumpkin recipe time! This salad looks so bright and appetizing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful combination, Angie! I have a box of black quinoa in my pantry, and wasn’t quite sure how to use it…Your salad would be perfect! I love the contrast of colors! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteAvocado dressing is a brilliant idea! What a lovely salad.
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ReplyDeleteHi Angie, you have a very lovely bright looking salad there, sounds delicious with all healthy ingredients!
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous creation, Angie! Love the vibrant colors it will lighten up any fall dinner table :)
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ReplyDeletewhat a great salad for autumn :)
ReplyDeleteThe color! ...Amazing! Your photos are so fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLove this salad Angie, pumpkin with lime, sour cream and avocado really sounds wonderful!
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ReplyDeleteInteresting salad with pumpkin! I love avocado in my salad!! I will try this recipe! I have a feeling that I will like this combination. Thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteThis is one dish with the nicest flavours and colours. Great combo, Angie!
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ReplyDeleteWat a beautiful,splendid and very colourful salad, definitely a fabulous dish.
ReplyDeletePumpkin salad? Hell, yeah! Sounds interesting! Definitely going to try this. Thanks for sharing!
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Black quinoa makes a striking contrast to the pumpkin, Angie. Marvelous avocado dressing too!
ReplyDeleteAngie, this is a combination I would not have thought of, but it looks gorgeous and sounds perfectly delicious!
ReplyDeleteI'm saying to myself: "must try to roast pumpkin..." Your salad looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI've not tried black quinoa before (would love to) and this sounds fab!
ReplyDeletehi angie, i like this wonderful pumpkin salad of yours. Maybe it is a good opportunity to try out some quinoa too!
ReplyDeleteWow, now thre's even black quinoa exist....
ReplyDeletei'm feeling healthier just by reading your recipes Angie....
i'm definitely intrigued by that dressing! this is a unique salad and i think it looks great.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so excited to try your salad. I've been looking for a new way to use my fresh stock of quinoa!
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous Autumn colours :D
ReplyDeleteLove quinoa and pumpkin :)
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful salad, Angie. I'm intrigued to taste the avocado sour cream dressing. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful autumnal salad Angie... but I agree, it's perfect for anytime really. I adore the avocado sour cream dressing. Simply scrumptious.
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ReplyDeleteThis is such a gorgeous salad Angie! I love quinoa and love that you added pumpkin - perfect for fall :) The avocado sour cream dressing sounds fantastic too!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous salad Angie! I love quino salads and this fall inspired one with pumpkin sounds amazing with the avocado sour cream sauce!
ReplyDeleteOh lovely Angie! Love that avocado dressing. Wonderful! I would also think butternut squash would be good too. Have a great week
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ReplyDeleteI really like that sour cream dressing, my salad was getting boring :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for a new recipe!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious and colorful salad!
ReplyDeleteThis is autumn in all its splendor on a plate.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous dish, Angie!
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ReplyDeleteLove the avocado dressing:)
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ReplyDeleteBlack Quinoa? That's a new one on me. It sure makes a gorgeous salad with the roasted pumpkin and avocado cream dressing. Gorgeous Salad Angie!
ReplyDeleteI love the contrast of the gold and black in this salad. It is so pretty, and I really like that you finished it off with a creamy avocado dressing. Yummy.
ReplyDeleteI like this hearty autumn salad! I was thinking of making some kind of avocado dressing for roasted veggies that day but ran out of avocados after using them to make guacamole
ReplyDeleteI made your divine salad & that avocado sour cream dressing was the max, Angie! So deliciously combined too! Very yum yum, it was! x
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful looking salad, Angie. Pumpkin and quinoa are such a great combination, in terms of both flavour and texture, and I'm loving the sound of a creamy avocado dressing with it.
ReplyDeleteA very delicious and autumny salad. Love the colors!
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