Nutty Quinoa Salad

Serves 6-8 Prep Time 10 minutes   Cook Time 20 minutes   Rated:
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The beauty of a generously proportioned salad bowl with jewel like colours is never overlooked in my house. I will often pull together some version or another of a fabulous quinoa/rice/farro/grain salad at a moment's notice, which honestly is the best way to think about this salad. Not enough of one thing? Don’t rush off to the shops, substitute in something else. As long as you get the texture of nuts, the freshness of herbs, the sweetness of dried fruit and the sour acidity of a dressing, you cannot go too far wrong. This dish is the antidote to hunger. It lasts for days, and you can make up a huge batch for the 1000’s or just make enough for two. This recipe appears in The Weekend Table, the book you really need to have on YOUR table...go get it now before we run out!

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Do

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Place quinoa into the simmering basket and rinse. Place straight into the Thermomix bowl. Cover the quinoa with water and cook 15 min/100°C/speed 3. Drain and tip into a big mixing bowl. Fluff with a fork.

2  

Add the dried fruit, chop the herbs and add to quinoa with plenty of salt and the cinnamon.

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Place all the nuts, except pistachios and pine nuts onto a lined baking sheet and drizzle with EVOO and a little salt. Place into a cold oven set to 150°C/300°F and toast for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool.

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Add to salad with the pistachios, pine nuts and pomegranate arils.

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Drizzle with pomegranate molasses and more EVOO to taste.

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Serve!

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Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!