{"id":31889,"date":"2014-09-18T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=31889"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:37:24","slug":"steak-quinoa-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/steak-quinoa-salad-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Steak and Quinoa Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lean steak and quinoa<\/a> both help beef up the protein<\/a> in this fresh salad recipe. Spinach, summer squash and sweet bell peppers provide fiber and just about every vitamin<\/a> and mineral under the sun. Whip up this meal after a tough workout for a proper recovery and enough energy to get you through the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steak and Quinoa Salad Recipe<\/b><\/h3>\n

Serves 4<\/i><\/p>\n

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

1 pound lean sirloin steak
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1\/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 1\/2 teaspoons sea salt, divided
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 bunch spinach, ends trimmed and leaves coarsely chopped
1 yellow squash, quartered and sliced into thin ribbons with a vegetable peeler
1 red bell pepper, chopped<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Season steak with garlic powder, cayenne and 1 teaspoon salt. Let sit until it comes to room temperature, about 30 minutes.<\/li>\n
  2. In the meantime, place quinoa in a medium pot with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered until quinoa is tender and has absorbed all the liquid, about 12-15 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat and add 1 teaspoon of the oil. Add the steak and sear for 4 minutes per side. Let rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes before slicing it into thin strips against the grain.<\/li>\n
  4. Whisk the lemon juice, remaining 1 tablespoon oil and remaining 1\/2 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl. Add spinach, squash, bell pepper and quinoa; toss to combine.<\/li>\n
  5. Divide the salad and steak among 4 plates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0RELATED:\u00a0<\/b>Steak Fajitas Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Beef up your iron intake with this lean and mean quinoa-spinach salad recipe. Popeye would be proud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,26,27,9],"tags":[155,80,85,341,381],"class_list":["post-31889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-dinner","tag-protein","tag-salad","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}