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Avocado Cucumber Quinoa Salad
- prep: 10 min
- cook: 15 min
- total: 25 min
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Quick, healthy, and filling quinoa salad with avocado and cucumber finished with a tasty lime dressing.
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1 medium cucumber, sliced into bite-sized chunks
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled and sliced into bite-sized chunks (I coated these with a little lime juice to keep them from turning brown too quickly)
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can basil, garlic, and oregano flavor diced tomatoes
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 and ½ tablepoons lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
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Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 509 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 4 g 6.69%
- Saturated Fat: 0 g 1.54%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 493 mg 20.53%
- Calcium: 154 mg 15.45%
- Potassium: 249 mg 7.11%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 8 mg 43.71%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 97 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 21 g 85.88%
- Sugar: 7 g
- Protein: 29 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 0.88%
- Vitamin C 41.73%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch6
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total7 oz-eq