This delicious quinoa salad is one of my favorites. The summery citrus flavors mix wonderfully with the classic autumn combo of dried cranberries, walnuts and cheese. Perfect for this time of year (or any). Oh, and it’s healthy.

This apple quinoa salad is ridiculously easy to make (even if your only kitchen skill is boiling mac and cheese, you can pull this off), and it stores in the refrigerator really well. I’ll usually make a big batch, eat it for dinner, and then eat the leftovers for lunch the next couple days.

I eat it as-is but this also makes a great side if you’re cooking fish or chicken for dinner. Another way I like to eat it is in lettuce-wrap form.

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I reshot the pictures for this recipe in 2016, but as a look back on how far my skills have come since it was first published in 2012, wanted to keep one of the originals (woof):

#TransformationTuesday 😉