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Spiced Grain Salad with Avocado Raspberry-Chipotle Dressing

This hearty whole grain salad packed with dried fruit, almonds, and an avocado dressing that will knock your socks off, is the ideal spring/summer salad.
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Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:30 minutes
Total Time:45 minutes

Ingredients

for the salad:

  • 2 cups red quinoa cooked and cool
  • 1 cup sorghum cooked and cool
  • ⅓ cup dried blueberries
  • ⅓ cup dried cranberries
  • ½ cup slivered almonds toasted
  • 5 small radishes sliced and cut into matchsticks
  • fresh cilantro leaves
  • 3 cups fresh spring mix greens

for the dressing:

  • 1 small avocado diced
  • 3 ounces California Olive Ranch Arbosana Olive Oil
  • 1.5 ounces vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon Spiceologist Raspberry-Chipotle Blend
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

  • To make the salad: toss all the ingredients except the spring mix greens until everything is evenly incorporated. On serving platter, place a bed of greens and place the grain mixture on top.
  • To make dressing: using a blender/immersion blender, blend all the ingredients until smooth and season to taste.
  • To serve: Drizzle the dressing over the grain salad, as well as serve extra dressing on the side.