Salads

Quinoa Salad with Cucumber, Mango and Blueberries

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 2)

Ingredients

  • 120 g quinoa
  • salt
  • 0.5 ½ cucumber (s)
  • 0.5 ½ mango (s)
  • 100 g blueberries
  • 2 tablespoon cranberries
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 1 lime (s)
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper
Quinoa Salad with Cucumber, Mango and Blueberries
Quinoa Salad with Cucumber, Mango and Blueberries

Instructions

  1. Rinse the quinoa in a sieve with hot water so that the bitter substances are removed. Simmer two parts water and one part quinoa in slightly salted water over low heat for about 15 minutes, the quinoa should still be al dente. Let cool down.
  2. In the meantime, rinse the cucumber, cut in half, remove the seeds with a teaspoon, dice the cucumber. Peel and core the mango, also dice the pulp. Rinse the blueberries, drain well.
  3. Carefully mix the quinoa, cucumber, fruit and mint cut into strips and fold in the dressing made from two tablespoons of lime juice, finely grated lime zest, oil, salt and pepper. To taste.
  4. If the salad is too dry for you, you can also add cold vegetable broth.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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