Quinoa salad
Quinoa is supposed to be a lovely grain. Full of nutrients and whatnots. Awhile ago I had tried to cook with it and we were not impressed. It got left outside of our family recipe book.
Then I thought to try a cold salad with it. In essence tabouli, but instead of bulghur I used quinoa. If you dont know what tabouli is, you cannot be helped, sorry.
Here is the short of it:
2 cups of quinoa boiled for 10min and drained
a bunch of tomatoes finely chopped
1-2 cucumbers finely chopped
lots of parsley
a bit less of mint
a bunch of spring onions chopped
some cumin
salt / pepper
extra virgin olive oil
lemon to taste
garlic to taste
makes a whole lot of yummy salad:
To go with it I make either humus or bean salad. The second goes like that – beans, thinly sliced red/spanish onion, olive oil, balsamic vinegar. Both go divinely with the salad.
To add some fun we eat it with some simple corn chips, which are handy to just pile food on top, or to crunch on in between fresh goodness.
We have eaten a whole lot of this combination this summer. A whole lot. As a matter of fact, we have some left overs in the fridge as we speak. We may be addicted.
Quinoa is back in the good books. It is very tasty actually, I dont know what I was thinking before ;)
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P.S. Alex Simpson, thank you for the kind comment. I am glad you are enjoying yourself around here. And it looks like there wont be much competition for the pack, so you never know…
Interesting. We just ate at a restaurant recently that severed that specific grain with all fish meals. It is served cold and mixed with cucumbers and red bell peppers.
YUM-O love quinoa!
It’s the perfect salad! Thanks for the idea!
Freli, it is isnt it?! Glad you liked it.
We will have to try and make this at home.
Oops so I was meant to boil it before eating as a breakfast cereal?? Wondered why I couldn’t chew it!
That helps, Alex ;)
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