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Quinoa Salad

Highly nutritious, quick to prepare and wonderfully flexible – an excellent side dish or a splendid main.

Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

  • 100g tri-coloured quinoa, cooked
  • 20g split almonds, blanched
  • 20g slivered almonds
  • 2 small tomatoes, diced
  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • 20g pumpkin seed kernels
  • 20g Turkish apricots
  • 20g roasted cashews
  • 20g sultanas
  • ½ cup flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 tbs rice bran oil

Dressing

  • 1 tbs pomegranate molasses
  • 1 tbs mustard seeds
  • ½ tbs olive oil
  • ½ tbs fig balsamic
  • ½ tbs Beetroot Finishing Vinegar
  • ½ tbs sea salt

Method

  1. 1Toast the split and slivered almonds in rice bran oil for 5 minutes, until golden.
  2. 2In a large bowl, mix tomatoes, cucumber, nuts and sultanas.
  3. 3Add the dressing, quinoa and parsley and toss well.
  4. 4Garnish with extra nuts and serve.

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