Quinoa zucchini radish salad

Name: Quinoa zucchini radish salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 180 gram quinoa; 1 zucchini; 1 shallot; 1 lime; 1 little gem; a small handful of roasted pine nuts; a small handful of frozen peas; 1/2 litre vegetable stock; handful of radishes; olive oil; salt and pepper to taste; Optional: pre-cooked red beets

Healthy quinoa zucchini salad with radishes and pine nuts. Spiralized zucchini is so much more fun to eat, ready in about half an hour.

Quinoa zucchini radish salad ingredients

Recipe quinoa zucchini radish salad

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-05-24, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 25 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

10 minutes

Time cooking

15 minutes

Total time

25 minutes

Preparation - 10 minutes

Clean, wash and thinly slice a handful of radishes. Clean the little gem and pat it dry, or use a salad dryer for this. Cut the lettuce in big chunks. Squeeze out the juice of 1/2 a lemon into a small bowl.

Now for the fun part: spiralize the zucchini. If you don't happen to own a spiralizer, you can also slice the zucchini julienne (thin, long strips).

FINELY dice the shallot, if you want to know more about how to properly dice onions, click on this link: dice onions like a pro!

Putting the quinoa salad together - 15 minutes

Put the medium-sized pan on high heat, pour in half a litre of vegetable stock. When the stock almost comes to a boil, add in the quinoa. Boil the frozen peas for about 10 minutes in a pan with water and salt.

You can skip this step, but we think it's more delicious to quickly blanche the spiralized zucchini. Just needs a few minutes to soften up. Cook the quinoa according to package, drain using a colander or strainer.

Add peas, pine nuts, lettuce, shallot, spiralized zucchini and radishes to a nice big bowl. Pour over a little bit of olive oil and lime juice then mix it together.

Season with salt and pepper. Optional: slice a few pre-cooked red beets into quarters and serve them next to this quinoa salad.