Black Bean Quinoa Salad with Orange Lime Dressing

A big hit this holiday. EASY and DELICIOUS!!!!

Very yummy!!!
My 10yr old devoured his so fast. We aren’t a super spicy fam, so I left out the hot sauce. The dressing was thick for us, but still worked very well! This would be great for with burgers too. Def need this on the make again list!!

This is an excellent salad! I made it just as written along with adding the tortilla chips. I will definitely be keeping this in the salad rotation.

This was delicious. I highly recommend adding crumbled tortilla chips as suggested. I had leftover white quinoa so I’d do 1/4 cup dry + 1/2 cup water instead.

This is one of my favorite recipes from your website, I brought it to a graduation party and it was a big hit! I usually double the corn amount, and use a tablespoon of Tapatio hot sauce in the dressing. It is so colorful and delicious!

The dressing for this salad is the bomb!

I used spinach for greens which I regret. The salad would definitely be better with the crunch of lettuce.

Great dressing! I used smoked paprika, no hot sauce or avacado and it made a nice mild but flavorful tangy dressing! One of my new faves! Thank you minimalist baker:)

Delish. Took a few minutes only. I stored all the main add-ons in a bowl so I can add the lettuce mix and dressing tomorrow for a fresh repeat.

Heaven!

Served this alongside your Go-To Guacamole and migas (waiting for you to post a recipe; for now, I make migas “by ear”) for our first hosted meal (Sunday brunch!) since the beginning of this pandemic. Used your Quinoa Taco Meat for the quinoa called for but made no other changes. Delicioso! Served Celestial Seasonings Sangria Zinger as an iced spritzer with lime to toast togetherness.

We enjoyed every bite. I’m so thankful to my hip daughter-in-law for getting me in your loop.Thanks for your commitment and passion!

Was a bit skeptical that this salad would be as good as I hoped and it was! It’s HOT here in Texas and i wanted to make a refreshing yet filling/satisfying quick salad. This was fantastic! Made the dressing without the avocado but put the entire chopped avocado in the salad. This is another keeper recipe. Thanks!

DELICIOUS! Wow. I added more quinoa than called for and opted for the larger quantity of hot sauce and WOW. This is tangy, delicious, sweet yet a hint of spicy. Perfectly balanced. Will be making lots!

This is a go-to salad when I am making lunch for friends or to take to share at our pot luck lunches at work. Everybody loves it and it is by far my favorite salad ever! A coworker is allergic to quinoa, so I made cous cous for her and I think it was pretty great with that, too.

This was freakin fantastic. Made with your roasted beet relish and no avo. Can’t believe something healthy could taste this bomb!!

This recipe was really really good and came together so fast! My omnivorous boyfriend had chicken and rice and enjoyed the dressing on top. You could really taste every individual flavor in the dressing. I added some crushed up tortilla chips on top :)

I love this salad so much. There are very few recipes online I come back to and this one I have come back to many, many times! The dressing in particular, I usually don’t even add the oil or only a tiny bit to make it healthier

I really loved your salad but think southwestern would better name for this salad. When you use the label Mexican it’s more of a spin on traditional dishes (Pozole, tamales, mole, ext) , while southwestern/ Tex-Mex is a better label for more Americanized food (things that are labeled just because they have corn, bean, avocados, peppers, ext is more this category).

So good! We had it with Arugula salad, and the bitter leaf with the dressing and sweetness of corn / avocado was excellent! Will definitely save this recipe for future events.

This salad is absolutely amazing, I would eat it everyday. The elements combine flawlessly and the dressing is unique and flavorful. Oranges are also a genius addition. Overall, it is refreshing yet filling; I can not recommend the recipe enough.

This was amazingly good! And I didn’t have to buy anything extra, this is all things I have on hand regularly!

We made this salad tonight and lived it! I was too lazy to put the dressing in the blender, so I just whisked it for a while with a fork. It was delicious, filling, and made me feel more confident in cooking meals to help me lose weight. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I forwarded it to my family so they can have a new meal in their rotation.

Mexican salads are among my favorite. loved the addition of orange and I added roasted pepitas. First time at your site

This is delicious and healthy. I would not change a thing! The dressing is citrusy, hot and sweet. I did use cilantro and added honey as my sweetener.

I’ve made this salad for my partner and he love it, keep asking me to make some more for his lunch box too! :)
I add chick pea in it, yummy salad. Thank you ??

This was absolutely delicious. Made it exactly as written, other than the cilantro. Left that out because I just cannot eat it. Oh well. We have tons of oranges from our trees this year and I was looking for something to do with them other than squeeze them for juice!!

Thank you!!

I’ve been making this salad for my work lunches for the past 3 weeks. I love it so much! Its filled with so much goodness and is very filling. It also doesn’t take too long to whip up! Highly recommend!

So, so.. Refreshing and absolutely delicious!!
I replace the black beans with edamames sometimes. Extremely Delicious too !
I double the dressing portion and use it throughout the week.
This is now, since last summer, my favorite recipe when i have guests for dinner.

A big thanxxx ! :-)

Refreshing and absolutely delicious. I double the dressing portion and use it throughout the week. No cheese-lover-gone-vegan will notice anything missing when you have this creamy dressing. Thank you for this!

I made this salad and did not change anything. I was searching for a quinoa and orange salad recipe and this Mexican salad came up. The pictures hooked me. As it turns out, the salad tastes even better than it looks!

I made this! My husband and 6 yr old loved it … posted it on my yoga page as well :)

Thank u so much for the yummy recipe

This was one of the most delicious salads I think I’ve ever had! I modified it slightly as I was on a roll doing housework. Hunger crept up on me and I didn’t have the patience to wait. I omitted quinoa as I didn’t have any made, and I left out the 1/2 avocado from the salad but I did put 1/2 in the dressing. I’m trying to cut oils out of my diet so I put water in the dressing instead. I didn’t have black beans cooked so I used a can of drained dark red kidney beans and a can of corn seasoned with 1/2 tsp of each spice mentioned (I loved the heat!) I sprinkled some on top and saved the rest for later. I used a whole mandarin orange on my salad, cutting each slice in half. It was so good I had seconds. Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe! I’m a vegan but shooting more for Whole Foods plant based, but it’s easy sometimes to get bored. My husband is far from vegan so I look for easy recipes for myself because I hate cooking twice. I’m excited to try more!

This salad is delish! Will be making all through the summer…and beyond. Thanks for the recipe!

I made this salad for dinner tonight, made enough for four and the two of us finished it! The sweetness from the corn, the slight acidity from the orange, the creaminess of the avocado and beans, the freshness of the vinaigrette and all the cilantro – this is my new favourite salad! I substituted quinoa with couscous as I noticed at the last moment that I didn’t have quinoa – and it was great!

This was delicious. Didn’t change a thing (except omitted cilantro…just got lazy towards the end). Made it for a Cinco de Mayo dinner along with Chicken enchiladas in green sauce and it was gobbled up!

I usually dislike most quinoa salad recipes because I find them to be too bland, but I love love love this recipe! I followed every step to the dot but substituted Avocado with some guac and it came out amazing! There is so much flavor and I can’t wait to eat the leftovers tomorrow. Thank you very much!

This recipe became a favourite of ours. The mix of flavours and ingredients is perfect, it’s healthy, delicious and satisfying for a vegetarian/meat eater couple.
We live in Bolivia and the quality of the products here makes only justice to your salad. We literally have cravings and we’ll go to a local market that’s a bit far to select the best oranges.
Thank you so much from the both of us ! ?

Wow! Today was the 4th time I made this and the second set of friends I have served this to. Both sets can be quite picky eaters and it has been a challenge since I eliminated animal products from my diet almost a year ago to please them. This did it many times over! I even replaced the oil in the dressing with shredded zucchini and they never knew.
We also tried the Abundance Kale salad. Another winner to be sure.
I know pictures are welcome – but it is always too late when I remember.
Thanks for such delicious salad recipes. I am sure I will be trying more of them soon.

Just made this and got an incredible amount of excitement from my hubby, who thought there were so many different tasty flavors and loved the guacamole that was simply a little dressing I saved to pour on top. Success! Thank you for another great recipe! I will be making all your salads from this collection. So much fun!

As a fellow sauce enthusiast, I have been trying almost all your sauces and this one was basically like a mic drop. My husband immediately was like, “oh, this is clearly the best” and that is after we made your chimichurri sauce and chipotle romesco three times each because we loved them so much. Just finished my first month eating plant-based and am loving so many of your recipes. Thanks for the inspiration!

Amazing! Seriously every single one of your recipes I’ve tried have been fantastic! I used a blueberry habanero hot sauce in the dressing and it was perfect. Thank you!!

Love this recipe! Husband had seconds and thirds and was sad there was not any left over for lunch the next day. I served it with grilled chicken breasts.

WOW! What a keeper! I love the versatility of this recipe, especially in the greens selection. I used kale, arugula, radicchio, and a beautiful bunch of red romaine. I added twice the amount of seasonings for the black beans. For the dressing, I used one whole small avocado (cuz who can have too much of THAT?), and skipped the added oil entirely. It was a magnificent dinner! So beautiful, healthy, and colorful! THANK YOU!

Fantastic recipe, really fresh flavours and overall just scrumptious. I was a little naughty and fried up the black beans with the recommended spices to crisp them up and increased the portions size cause I’m a growing lad. Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe. I love this blog, keep it up!

Ohhh, this was delicious! First day of summer brought a summer cold with foggy brain and I was not able to be creative in the kitchen. Thanks for coming to the rescue with the inspiring photo of this great salad! Hubby and I are big eaters and this was all we would be having for dinner, so I increased the quinoa (used a full cup w/ 10oz. water in my InstantPot for 5 minutes); added two ribs of sliced celery, about 1/4 cup of chopped red bell pepper, and 1 cup of halved grape tomatoes. I forgot to add the oranges, so they were dessert! I’m not usually a fan of avocado dressing, but your recipe is delicious! I prepared it just as you suggested and mixed it all in. We’ll definitely be enjoying this often!

This is HANDS DOWN the best, most refreshing, filling, beautiful, salad I’ve ever had. I’m vegan, so that’s a huge statement! My NON VEGAN husband even loved it! We live in Chicago – so as soon as the summer heat hits we ditch the comfort food and jump right into fresh summer salads. This hit the spot on our 1st 90 degree day. I honestly can’t wait to make this again. Minimal clean up too. It will be a regular in our rotation. Really. Spectacular job.

I made this for a Memorial Day BBQ potluck….it is sooooo good! I used a bit more OJ and Lime and probably some of the seasonings, I like flavor…my friends all loved it! I’m so thankful for the great recipes on this site !

I was looking for a fresh, fiber packed salad and this one was perfect! It has great texture and color. The flavors are amazing. I paired it with roasted salmon, seasoned with fajita spices!