Healthy Spring Recipe – Quinoa, Black Bean and Mango Salad

Springtime is the perfect season to eat light – and healthy! Try this crowd-pleasing, tasty dish at your next get-together:

Quinoa, Black Bean and Mango Salad

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked quinoa (can buy frozen)
• 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 sweet red bell pepper, finely chopped
• ½ red onion, finely chopped
• 1 mango, chopped
• 2-3 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 jalapeño pepper, chopped
• 2 Tbsp toasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) (optional)

For dressing:

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 3 Tbsp lime juice 1/8 tsp ground cumin
• ¼ tsp chili powder
• ¼ tsp salt

Preparation

• Whisk the ingredients for the dressing together
• Mix all of the ingredients for the salad together
• Pour the dressing over the mixture and stir to combine
• Keep in fridge until time to serve

Nutritional information – per serving

• 182 calories
• 7 g fat
• 0 mg cholesterol
• 388 mg sodium
• 5 g carbohydrates
• 9 g dietary fiber
• 3 g protein

Serves 4

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Recipes courtesy National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

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