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Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

December 28, 2018 by Melissa Chapman 21 Comments

As parents we are all bombarded by the media's frenzied broadcast blitz of daily food-related news reports and research studies urging us to feed our kids nutritious foods and lots of finger pointing about all the things we're doing wrong! Well I'm going to help you change that one meal at a time with this Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe.

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

I think I'm in the majority of moms who try to balance my kids' nutrition concerns, with my lack of time! I'm the first to admit that there have been weeks where I've fed my kids pizza at least two nights in a row, because it was convenient, and definitely easier than prepping a salad, steaming broccoli and grilling salmon. However, I'm constantly trying to find ways to provide my kids with nutritious alternatives to their fast-food favorites. But I'll be honest- my 17 year old daughter- even as a wee lil babe would eat ANYTHING I put near her lips- regardless of the color or texture. She was and is an adventurous foodie, unfortunately my son will have NONE of it. He likes what he likes, and if forced to eat something that his palette does not agree with- he'll show me and gag to the point of vomiting it all over the place. And really at the end of that sequence- who wins?

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

So I've had to get creative and use bribery as my first line of defense. Sure he eats macaroni and cheese like it's the last meal I'll ever feed him, so I always use whole wheat pasta and try to blend veggies into the cheese sauce (sometimes he can sniff them out and sometimes I get away with it). I steam broccoli every night and three out of five times if I catch him in a food friendly mood I can get a few spears down his gullet. I also hide Vitamin D pills in his cereal milk and tell him he cannot have those Twizzlers he so yearns for unless he has a fruit first (and nine out of ten times he'll eat the fruit first!)

So of course I am always on the hunt for new ways to get my kid to eat healthy which is one of the reasons I really liked this Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe! Not only is it a recipe I can enjoy (since it is only 4 points per servings on the Weight Watchers plan) but so can my kid and we can eat it as a family!

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

4 Points per serving Serves 6 people

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe Ingredients

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

Trader Joe's Organic tricolor quinoa 1 cup(s) 19 Points
olive oil 2 tsp 3 Points
fresh lemon juice 1⁄4cup(s) 1 Points
kirby cucumber(s) 5 average 0 Points
uncooked red onion(s) 1medium 0 Points
fresh parsley 1 Tbsp 0 Points
fresh mint leaves 1 tsp 0 Points
Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe Instructions

Mix cooked quinoa with all the ingredients! Serves six. Each serving is four points.

Weight Watchers Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe

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  1. candy says

    December 28, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    This is a dish I would make for my daughter and I or for when our women friends come over. Really wish our men would like something more like this.

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  2. Karen says

    December 28, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    I can’t wait to make this! I LOVE to cook with quinoa. My entire family loves it and it’s so healthy. It’s a unicorn, really.

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  3. Cherri Megasko says

    December 28, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    What a flavorful and healthy salad! The addition of the mint makes it quite refreshing as well. Yum!

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  4. Denay DeGuzman says

    December 28, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    What a delightful healthy salad! It’s full of colors and textures and looks delicious!

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  5. Catalina says

    December 28, 2018 at 11:00 pm

    This quinoa salad is exactly what I need after all these holidays. My family will love this too!

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  6. Natalie says

    December 28, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    This looks delicious! I will have to try recreating this recipe, maybe for New Year’s celebrations!

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  7. Jeanette says

    December 28, 2018 at 11:29 pm

    I am still learning how to use quinoa. I have not been all that successful yet. This looks amazing so I think I will try this recipe!

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  8. Heather says

    December 29, 2018 at 2:02 am

    I only made a salad with quinoa once, but I really loved it. I’ll have to try this one soon!

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  9. Destany says

    December 29, 2018 at 6:04 am

    I have never tried quinoa! Weird right? haha But I live in the midwest, which is pretty much meat and potato country. I’ll need to try it, and this salad, tho!

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  10. Roch says

    December 29, 2018 at 8:32 am

    This is great for those who are trying to avoid carbohydrates, especially those on a diet this holiday season. I love of texture of quinoa over traditional white rice.

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  11. Terri Beavers says

    December 29, 2018 at 2:46 pm

    I tried quinoa a couple of times last year and want to try more of it in 2019. I’m making a list of recipes to use it in and I’m going to save this one. I love salads of any kind. Especially easy ones like this one.

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  12. Lynndee says

    December 29, 2018 at 6:05 pm

    I love a salad that is not only delicious and healthy, but easy to prepare too. Thank you for the recipe. Will definitely try it.

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  13. KIM CROISANT says

    December 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    I love a good salad with quinoa added in. This is perfect, especially if you’re watching what you eat or if you just want to eat cleaner.

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  14. William H. says

    December 29, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    Have a fun-filled family that loves healthy meals. Made this a few days ago and everyone loved it! I added a little fresh avocado. It was scrumptious delicious. Thank you, Melissa, for this great recipe!

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  15. Marysa says

    December 30, 2018 at 1:42 am

    I make a similar quinoa salad and I love it. It is one of my favorite quick, healthy meals. It’s so easy to switch up an ingredient here and there as well.

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  16. Jeanine says

    December 30, 2018 at 3:03 am

    Now this is a dish I’d eat! I know I’d enjoy it too. Looks and sounds really good!

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  17. Tabitha Blue says

    December 30, 2018 at 3:58 am

    It’s a perfect time to think about a delish WW salad! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂

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  18. Tim B says

    December 30, 2018 at 2:34 pm

    My wife goes to Weight Watchers every Saturday morning. I’ll pass this recipe on to her. Even though it is “Weight Watchers” it looks like something I’d enjoy too and hey I need to watch my weight a bit as well and eat healthier myself. Nice recipe suggestion here!

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  19. Shannon Gurnee says

    December 31, 2018 at 3:18 am

    I love salads and this salad looks delicious! I would love to try making this salad sometime. Thanks for sharing.

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  20. Swathi says

    December 31, 2018 at 3:52 am

    I like simple and filling salad, this one sounds really good, I haven’t tried the cucumber and quinoa combo need to try it. your recipe looks perfect.

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  21. Rachel says

    January 24, 2019 at 1:55 pm

    I love this recipe! It’s also easy to think that quinoa is a boring food to eat especially when it’s not flavored up with other things like cucumber, zucchini and soy or tamari sauce. Instant pots have made cooking fun

    Thanks again for a great recipe!

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