Strawberry Avocado Quinoa Bruschetta with Goat Cheese
Strawberry Avocado Quinoa Bruschetta with Goat Cheese
Get creative with your summer bruschetta recipe. Top a grilled piece of baguette with goat cheese and your favorite quinoa salad for a delicious warm-weather app!
One thing that I love doing during the summertime is grilling out and feeding lotsssss of people at once! I love being a hostess. The key to making sure no one gets hangry, is having lots of appetizers and munchies readily available before the main course is ready. Insert > quinoa salad + bruchetta.
I thought I would create a fun recipe mashing two of my favorite things together! Plus, it means I get to use the grill. Love me some grilled baguette. This recipe is oh-so-simple. I’d say the hardest part is grilling the bread and not burning it. I only did that to a few of the pieces :P.
Anyone else have a finicky grill that gets really hot in the back and not so hot in the front? I DO. I DO.
Making the quinoa salad is also really easy. If you follow my “how to cook quinoa in the microwave” tutorial, you can have all of the veggies/fruit cut up while the quinoa is cooking hands-free! If you are wondering what kind of quinoa product I use….Ancient Harvest
For this recipe- you are more than welcome to serve the quinoa warm, but I prefer the salad to be cold. I love mixing temperatures and it really enhances all of the flavors, too!
Ingredients for Strawberry Avocado Quinoa Bruschetta with Goat Cheese
small whole wheat baguette
goat cheese
tomatoes, finely diced,
quinoa, uncooked
strawberries, finely diced
avocados, diced
honey
balsamic vinegar (aged if you have it!)
pinch of salt
This post is sponsored by Ancient Harvest Quinoa. I was compensated and all opinions are my own.
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (aged if you have it!)
pinch of salt
Instructions
First, begin by rinsing the residue off your quinoa. Then cook quinoa using my microwave method. Once cooked, chill in the refrigerator over night.
Prep quinoa salad by dicing fruit and veggies. Then, place in a large bowl and add cooked quinoa, honey, balsamic vinegar, and salt. Mix.
Slice up your baguette into 1 inch slices and place on grill or in the oven for just a few minutes in order to harden things up a bit and get some nice grill marks.
Using a knife, spread on about a teaspoon or two of goat cheese and then top with about 1 to 2 tablespoon of quinoa salad.