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Quinoa Salad Recipe

Let's make Sophia's delicious quinoa salad recipe. You'll find, this sensational salad is presents elegantly and tastes divine!



Isn't this sensational - a riot of color, texture and taste!

I just love a no-fuss recipe like this where a fabulous meal can be whipped up with the least amount of effort.



Rating: Very Easy
Hands-On Time: 20 minutes
Hands-Off Time: 0 minutes
Ingredients: 10
Steps: 1

Ingredients To Cook Quinoa



  • Equipment: A lovely large salad bowl
  • Quinoa cooked
  • Avocado
  • Chick peas, cooked
  • Onion
  • Parsley
  • Baby beets
  • Capsicum
  • Pomegranate seeds
  • Pine nuts
  • Lemon juice



First of all, toast the pine nuts. Refer to the tips below for toasting.





Here's the cooked quinoa, fluffed with a fork. To cook the grains perfectly, have a look at the tutorial on how to cook quinoa.








Add the other ingredients. If these ingredients are a little unusual and you'd like to see what they look like, click on the Learn How button below.



Now toss all the ingredients into a large salad bowl and lightly combine.

To season, add lemon juice, salt and pepper to suit your taste.



Doesn't this look just sensational!





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Quinoa Salad Recipe

Makes a large salad enough for 4 main meal serves.

Just Add Prepare
• quinoa cooked from 1 cup of grains

• 2 tbs sugar in water

• 1 avocado, diced

• 1 can of cooked chick peas, drained

• 1/2 onion, diced finely

• 6 baby beetroot from a can ( about 1/3 can)

• 1 red bell pepper/capsicum

• 1/2 cup chopped parsley

• 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds

• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

• 2 tbs lemon juice

• salt and pepper to taste
• It's best to use cooled cooked quinoa

• Fluff it up with a fork

• Toss in all the ingredients

• Combine lightly with salad servers



Enjoy this delicious and divine looking salad!

Tips For This Recipe

Cook your quinoa a little firmer, this will lend your salad a little more texture. We prefer to cook with 2 1/2 cups of stock rather than the recommended 3 cups.

For extra crunch, toast the pine nuts. It's easy. Really. Scatter nuts on parchment paper on a baking tray. Place in a hot oven till browned. It just takes a couple of minutes.

To chop up parsley, wash and pick off the leaves from the main stalk. Discard the stalk, but the leaf stems are fine to be included in a salad. Then proceed to chop finely. Remember, it's like chopping garlic or onions, to do this fast, learn the art of chopping while holding down the tip of a heavy knife







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