{"id":12044,"date":"2025-05-20T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:42:39","slug":"greek-grilled-zucchini-and-quinoa-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/greek-grilled-zucchini-and-quinoa-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Grilled Zucchini and Quinoa Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/GreekGrilledZucchiniandQuinoaSalad.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Grilled Zucchini and Quinoa Salad\" \/><br><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/greek-grilled-zucchini-and-quinoa-salad\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Greek Grilled Zucchini and Quinoa Salad<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 15 minutes plus standing<br \/>\nGrill: 8 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>large red bell pepper, halved through stem and seeded<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>medium zucchini, halved lengthwise<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>package (8 to 8.5 ounces) microwaveable quinoa &#038; brown rice<br \/>\n<span>1\/3 <\/span>cup chopped marinated olives and feta<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>bag (9.3 ounces) Greek Caesar chopped salad kit<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span><strong>PICS hummus<\/strong> and\/or <strong>PICS pita chips<\/strong> for serving (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Prepare outdoor grill for direct grilling over medium-high heat. Place pepper and zucchini on hot grill rack; cover and cook 8 minutes or until grill marks appear, turning once. Transfer pepper and zucchini to cutting board; let stand 5 minutes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Prepare quinoa &#038; rice in microwave oven as label directs; spread on large plate and let stand 5 minutes. Coarsely chop pepper and zucchini.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>In large bowl, arrange olives and feta, salad kit, pepper, zucchini and quinoa &#038; rice; serve with hummus and\/or pita chips, if desired. Makes about 6 cups.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1-1\/2 cups):<br \/>\n220 Calories, 8g Fat (3g Saturated), 14mg Cholesterol, 567mg Sodium,<br \/>\n29g Carbohydrates, 4g Fiber, 5g Sugars, 1g Added Sugars, 8g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nServe salad topped with grilled chicken or shrimp skewers for added protein. Bell pepper and zucchini can be grilled, chopped and refrigerated up to 1 day in advance. Toss bagged salad into mix just before serving.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek Grilled Zucchini and Quinoa Salad Prep: 15 minutes plus standing Grill: 8 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-salads","tag-25sum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12046,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions\/12046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}