Quinoa Salad
Quinoa has become very popular among vegetarians as a source of protein and with everyone for its nutty flavour. This is a tasty, Summer salad with fresh flavours.
Servings:4
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:15
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 Pepper chopped
- 1 Lemon juiced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 5 scallions sliced
- 3 Vine tomatoes diced
- 1 handful Fresh Parsley roughly chopped
- 170g Quinoa uncooked
- 300 ml water
Method
- Bring the water to the boil in a saucepan. Add the quinoa with a pinch of salt. Turn down the heat to a low simmer (about ‘2’ on most hobs).
- Put on the lid and cook for 15 minutes. It should soak up all of the water. Allow the quinoa to cool down and then fluff it with a fork.
- Using a large bowl(big enough to hold all of the quinoa and the vegetables) mix the vegetables with the lemon juice and parsley and add a little pepper.
- When the quinoa is at room temperature, stir it into the vegetables.
- This is ready to eat but If you can leave it for a while before eating, the flavours will develop and it will taste even nicer.