When you want a healthy salad that is filling enough to be a main dish, then you need this Copycat Costco Quinoa Salad recipe. Quinoa and lentils get combined with chopped veggies and a delicious lemon dressing. Skip the store-bought version and make it at home instead!

Copycat Costco Quinoa Salad Recipe

brown rice

cooked red, brown, or green lentils

quinoa

red bell pepper, de-cored and chopped finely

tomato,

cucumber, diced

baby kale, chopped finely

parsley

olive oil

white wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)

lemon, juiced

maple syrup

cumin

sea salt

black pepper

Combine the cooked rice, lentils, and quinoa in a large mixing bowl. Toss to combine.

Next, add the red bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, parsley, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, ground cumin, salt, and pepper. Stir well to combine.

Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to let the flavors combine.

I love quinoa! I’ve made something very similar to this using honey instead of maple syrup and added chickpeas. I’ll have to try your version.  😊

Delicious! Tastes very similar to the Costco version, if not better; hard to beat fresh ingredients. I subbed black beans for the brown rice since I didn’t have any. It looks beautiful! I might try halving the dressing next time to see if half is sufficient. The current amounts are fine, not overly dressed, I just thought I’d try to cut a few calories if I can. Thank you!!

This was really, really good and tasted almost exactly like the Costco version. One thing that would've been really helpful for me was to have the uncooked quantities of brown rice, quinoa, and lentils listed. I had to do some digging from other sources to figure out home much would yield the cooked quantities for this recipe. Directions for possibly cooking all the grains together would also make this recipe much easier to make. Overall, a very tasty recipe that was what I was looking for.

I make a similar salad, but I don't include tomatoes, cucumbers, or bell peppers if I'm going to store it since they can deteriorate more quickly. I just add them to my individual bowl before I eat. I do add grated red cabbage which turns it pink if stored for 2 days! I also add whatever raw veggies I happen to have such as bok choy, celery, radishes, grated carrots, grated beets, etc. I usually soak some sunflower seeds and unhulled sesame seeds with the quinoa overnight, but next time I'll have to try it with lentils. Thanks!

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When you want a healthy salad that is filling enough to be a main dish, then you need this Copycat Costco Quinoa Salad recipe. Cooked quinoa gets combined with chopped veggies and a delicious lemon dressing. Skip the store-bought version and make it at home instead!

copycat costco quinoa salad recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition

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