Red Rice and Quinoa Salad with Pistachios and Mint
Make on Fresco
Deliciously light, but full of goodness; the perfect antidote salad to a heavy holiday season of eating.
As a recovering Christmas-foodaholic, I thought this salad ticked a few boxes. REALLY easy, and delicious and healthy enough for a guilt free side dish to most things..possibly even a lunch all by itself. I am working like a trojan on the new Tenina.com…I hope you have all signed up for the newsletter….the best, easiest way to keep up with all the new things we have in store for you throughout 2014. EXCITiNG stuff coming your way. Hopefully you are already the proud owner of Keeping it Simple, the newest book from me with gorgeous pics, easy simple recipes and lots of laughs…of course! It did sell out in the first 3 weeks, so we are now the only guaranteed place to purchase until late February when the new shipment arrives. There was also a glowing write up in the Fresh lift out in The West Australian newspaper this week. (I have posted a pic…someone has to keep the rest of the country in the loop!)
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Need
- 150 Grams red rice
- 150 Grams quinoa
- Handfuls pistachios, shelled
- Handful Turkish dried apricots diced
- 2-3 spring onions, sliced on the angle
- Handfuls mint leaves
- 1 orange zest, finely grated
- 2 lemons, zest finely grated
- Juice of 1 orange, 2 lemons
- 2 Teaspoons pink salt flakes BUY
- 1 Tablespoon peppercorns
- 100 Grams
Do
- 1
Place red rice and quinoa into steamer basket and insert into Thermomix bowl. Pour water over and steam 20 min/100ºC/speed 4. Remove from bowl and drain. Pour a little EVOO over the top and fluff with a fork. Set aside.Drain Thermomix bowl.
- 2
Place pistachios into cold oven set to 200ºC and cook 8 minutes until fragrant.
- 3
Add to red rice, quinoa mixture. Add apricots, spring onions and mint leaves.
- 4
Place remaining ingredients except EVOO into Thermomix bowl and blend 10 sec/speed 10.
- 5
Add EVOO and stir to combine 10 sec/speed 4.
- 6
Pour over salad and serve immediately.
More
This must be dressed immediately prior to serving or the starchiness of the rice will absorb all the dressing (and therefore) all of the flavour!
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!
