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This gorgeous rainbow carrot salad with quinoa and feta is a wonderful warm salad! It's a great vegetarian main course or delicious side salad.

You'll shave the carrots into long strips using a Y-peeler or mandolin. Then, you'll combine these carrot ribbons with the warm, just-cooked quinoa, which will make the carrots tender and tasty without you having to cook them.

Rainbow carrot quinoa salad in a white serving bowl.

This warm salad recipe is hearty and flavorful. It's a riot of color from the shaved rainbow carrots, fresh herbs, red quinoa, and chopped pistachios.

Rainbow carrots, red quinoa, herbs, feta, spices, garlic, pistachios, lemon, and olive oil.

Ingredients You'll Need

Rainbow Carrots - You'll use ½ pound of rainbow carrots.
Quinoa - You'll use ½ cup of uncooked red (or white) quinoa. This will make 2 cups of cooked quinoa.
Herbs - You'll need ½ cup of parsley and ¼ cup of dill.
Feta - You'll use 2 ounces of crumbly feta to top the salad.
Dressing - For the dressing, you'll use 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, ½ teaspoon of paprika, and 2 cloves of minced garlic.
Pistachios - You'll top the salad with 2 tablespoons of chopped pistachios.

Shaved rainbow carrots in a metal mixing bowl.

Shaved rainbow carrots, herbs, quinoa, and spices in a metal mixing bowl.

A rainbow carrot quinoa salad in a large white salad bowl.

More Warm Salad Recipes

These delicious salads are comforting and delicious; try some of our favorite warm salad recipes.

Endive Salad Bites with Grilled Feta - a beautiful and tasty endive salad with a dippable feta center.
French Potato Salad - a delicious salad with green beans, eggs, and potatoes.
Turkish Potato Salad (Patates Salatasi) - warm potatoes with loads of fresh herbs.
Spring Farro Salad - a farro salad with asparagus, radishes, and herbs.

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A rainbow carrot salad with quinoa and feta in a bowl.

Ribboned Rainbow Carrot Salad with Quinoa

This delicious rainbow carrot salad with quinoa and feta is a fabulous vegetarian main course or great side salad.

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings: side salad servings

Author: Emily Wilson

Ingredients

½ cup uncooked quinoa red or white
½ pound rainbow carrots
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup chopped fresh dill
2 cloves garlic finely minced or grated
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon paprika
2 ounces crumbly feta cheese
2 tablespoons chopped pistachios

Instructions

Cook the quinoa according to package directions.
While the quinoa is cooking, peel the carrots and then use a Y-peeler or mandolin to slice the carrots into long, thin strips.
Combine the cooked quinoa and carrot strips in a mixing bowl. Top with the parsley, dill, minced garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, kosher salt, and paprika. Toss several times to combine.
Spread the quinoa carrot mixture out on a large plate or shallow salad bowl. Top with the feta and pistachios. Serve immediately.