Quinoa Black Bean Mango Salad
I’m slightly confused by vacations.
So I’m supposed to get on a plane, go to a place, wear a bathing suit, and… not blog?
That’s strange. That’s confusing. That makes me uncomfortable.
I’m not good at vacation. I can’t be the only one.
I threw together this super easy lunch salad before I left.
It’s healthful! We’ve got fruit, bean protein, and great grains.
I was thinking about bikinis when I made this.
As soon as I get back, I’ll be thinking about butter again. Promise.
I used millet and quinoa to make this salad magic.
Quinoa is one of my favorite grains. Super hearty. Super healthy. Wonderfully filling.
Millet you might know as bird seed. Yea. True. Birds have the right idea because this stuff is the business! Healthy, filling, good!
Feel free to use any combination of grains you like. Maybe farro? Maybe brown rice? Maybe couscous? Think it up and make it happen!
Quinoa Black Bean Mango Salad
1 cup uncooked quinoa
1/2 cup uncooked millet
1 ripe mango
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed
1/3 cup chopped scallions
Juice of 1 lemon
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Place quinoa in a fine mesh strainer. Rinse under cool water for 2 to 3 minutes. Place quinoa in a medium saucepan with 1 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil. Add a bit of salt. Reduce to a simmer and cook until water is absorbed. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes before fluffing. Cool slightly.
In a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Add millet and a bit of salt. Reduce to a simmer, cook uncovered until water has absorbed and millet is fluffy. If you don’t stir it too much during cooking, the millet will be fluffy.
Toss slightly cooled quinoa and millet with mango, black beans, scallions, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
This salad lasts 3 days in the refrigerator.
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Joy, YOU’RE the business!
If you want to temporarily trade places with me, I’ll go on vacation for you :)
p.s. this salad looks delish!
This looks so satisfying and refreshing… I love both quinoa and millet, and mango and avocado make the world a better place.
I’m leaving on Saturday. And, well, that’s what I thought: I won’t blog. Weird. You’re not alone. Then I thought about the seaside, about sand, about the smell of fried fish and my friends. Well, we’ll blog when we’ll be back again ;-)
Joy, how do you cut your mango’s like that? Every time i try this, the huge seed gets in the ways and i end up with mushy mango. it’s embarrasing. Help me make pretty mango squares like you!
Joy,
I really appreciate your delicious, healthy recipes. My family seems to be on a mission to develop diabetes and heart disease. I have to trick them into a healthy lifestyle (“I have no idea where I parked the car. Let’s just keeping walking. We’ll find it”). I’m adding this to my arsenal/
I love quinoa salads, ans especially with a little fruity touch like mango. It allows a lot of different combinations!
So Good! I make a version of this with all your ingredients plus red pepper, cilantro, and red wine vinegar. It’s incredible!!
I just made a panzanella salad with some black quinoa. i would have preferred the regular quinoa, because it looked like ants crawling in my salad. i ate it anyway, and I’d eat this too!
The birds really do have the right idea. I love millet! Hope you’re enjoying your vacation…I know what you mean about blogging, I did a couple posts while we were beachside!
OOOO this looks delicious!!! I love mangos especially this time of year!! As an amazing cook, what do you think of my bacon-blue cheese sliders!?!
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joy … i always love your ideas, but this one is confusing me. my eyes tell me that it looks delicious but my tastebuds are saying that it’ll be confusing! in our house, mango is usually eaten on it’s own, without utensils, while sitting on the steps outside or standing over the sink so that the mango juice dripping down arms won’t result in mama yelling “you better clean that up!!!”
will have to try this recipe just to untangle my confused tastebuds =)
I blog when I’m on vacation. It’s called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and for some people it’s a real issue in their lives, I try to look at it as “passion”.
I am also trying to cut back a tad since I really kind of ate my way through a few weeks of vacation. Totally…worth…it..I might add!
My daughter would say she has CDO. It’s like OCD but all the letters are in order like they should be. LOL Do what you love!
I’m excited about another quinoa recipe, something I just tried for the first time a few weeks ago.
Millet is the stuff that, when the birds are messy eaters, turns my yard into a lush green jungle!
yum. looks great!
This is my kinda salad!
I have all these ingredients in my fridge! Hooray!
Like all your recipes this looks delicious… I would never mix together in the same salad mango, beans and scallions… but now It sounds sooo good, I’m sure the flavors pair to perfection mmmmm….
Thank u for your inspiration!!! kisses rom Spain :P
This looks SO good! So good that it might actually convince my fiance (ugh that word is so awkward) that fruits and veggies truly do taste good TOGETHER in the same dish! I also just want to tell you that I love, love, LOVE your blog, you are so positive and cheery and fun and reading it really just makes me want to know you IRL so we can sit around and eat delicious food and laugh. =)
I haven’t been able to work myself around to trying quinoa yet. I expect it will have to happen soon though. You’ve offered up many tempting recipes that include it…
My boyfriend is bad at vacations. No offense, but it can be very frustrating for your vacation-loving loved ones. Hope you will learn to enjoy it. Thanks for the recipe!
How many people does this recipe serve? It looks delicious
Your mango slicing abilities are so much better than mine! This looks wonderful and I can only imagine how great this flavor combo is. Have a great weekend.
This is one of my favorite salads to have on hand in the fridge. I also throw in tomatoes, corn, cilantro, and lime juice for more of a fiesta quinoa salad :)
i used to make a salad almost like this – only difference is that mine had avocado in it as well. Super delicious.
Quinoa for prez.
Pretty color combination. And.. I have no idea how to take a vacation either. The thought stresses me out. When I worked for the man, I couldn’t get out of there quick enough… things are different when you love what you do…
Wow Joy, there you go again with the Mango. What a festive touch. I love Mango… so did my cat. She passed during birthing her young kittens. Sad day. Well thanks for the recipe, mango makes me feel less depressed. Blessings to you.
I’ll miss your podcast this week! I know it’s selfish…but I hope you come back from vacation in time to make next week’s!
p.s. I just listened to your tenth podcast for the THIRD time. I’m not weird at all.
Hi Joy!
I trust your judgment in all things food related..and on that premise I will be giving this a shot* Thinking I’ll be substituting that millet for another seed though. I don’t have any experience with it and the coloring is creeping me out just a touch- do you have any millet-subbing ideas? Or, should I just be sucking it up (because everything else looks perfect)? lol
Looks delicious! Lovely fresh and healthy!
Wow, that salad looks gorgeous, and so healthy! :) Where to buy millet in Manchester though, hmmmmm
Pensey’s?
I’m guessing Millet is the white stuff? This looks amazingly fresh and delicious. Also, it’s a salad that doesn’t have a leaf in sight. That’s my type of salad!
Yes. Millet is the white stuff.
I think I have all of the ingredients for this (well, excepting mango – though I wonder if frozen mango would do), so it might be a quick dinner some night this week. Yum!
Mmmm. I have millet at home, but admittedly, haven’t made anything with it yet. I love the idea of mixing it with quinoa. I may have to do that for a salad sometime soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
Made this last night and it is delicious! I added some orange bell pepper, cayenne & lime juice. So good!! Thanks for the recipe!
I tried to cut a mango like that once. I failed.
This sounds good. I’m in the process of making it as I write. One question, however…I assume you add the olive oil when you mix everything together, but the recipe doesn’t say. And how much olive oil do you use? Thanks!
Mmmm! Looks so good! I really need to try quinoa!!!!
I thought I posted this a few days ago, but I checked back and my comment is not here. So here it is again:
Olive oil is in the list of ingredients, but it’s not in the steps. How do we use it? Whisk it with the lemon to make a dressing? That’s what we did.
Loved the recipe but could have used more mango and beans, less of the grains.
Thank you thank you thank you!! I was looking for a new recipe for quinoa as mine were more wintery and this was delicious!! I am so happy! Oh and I made it with what I had at the time- quinoa and brown rice. Yummy!
I’m so pleased I may have to mention it in my blog but will send all props (and a link back) to you!
Beatiful ! Good!
i love mango…
see you…
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Joy, you are a genius!
I LOVE this!!! this is sooooo good.
This salad didn’t make it to the table. oops :)