Seeded Quinoa Salad

Name: Thermomix recipe: Seeded Quinoa Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 170 Grams mixed coloured quinoa as desired, soaked in enough water to cover for minumum 30 minutes; Water for steaming; 1 lebanese cucumber, diced; 1 capsicum/bell pepper red, diced; 4 spring onion/shallots, sliced on the angle; 100 Grams dried cranberries (craisins); 3 sticks of celery, sliced; 100 Grams mixed of toasted seeds (I used sunflower, sesame, pepitas and linseed); 100 Grams peanuts, roasted; 1 Handful flat leaf parsley; A few handfuls of mixed salad greens; 1 - 2 cloves garlic; 60 Grams tamari or soy sauce; 80 Grams fresh lemon juice; 100 Grams EVOO

Serves 6 Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Rated: Print

A very easy salad, filling and full of goodness. Add veggies randomly as desired. It will feed a crowd. Or not. Leftovers for lunch all round!!

Now to the real reason you are here; To LIKE my healthy recipe….not often that I indulge in healthy recipes so frequently, but here I am dishing up another one! I am loving quinoa right now, it is filling, I know it is good for me, plus it is tasty and low carb…I eat it for breakfast, I now eat it for dinner in the form of this salad amongst others. There are many varieties available but this salad calls for white, red and black.Very pretty and so tasty, and did I mention, so low carb…it ticks all the boxes! You can really shake it up with as many options as you like, so it is widely adaptable to all tastes and palates…go ahead, you can quinoa!

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Need

The Salad
170 Grams mixed coloured quinoa as desired, soaked in enough water to cover for minumum 30 minutes
Water for steaming
1 lebanese cucumber, diced
1 capsicum/bell pepper red, diced
4 spring onion/shallots, sliced on the angle
100 Grams dried cranberries (craisins)
3 sticks of celery, sliced
100 Grams mixed of toasted seeds (I used sunflower, sesame, pepitas and linseed)
100 Grams peanuts, roasted
1 Handful flat leaf parsley
A few handfuls of mixed salad greens
The Dressing
1 - 2 cloves garlic
60 Grams tamari or soy sauce
80 Grams fresh lemon juice
100 Grams EVOO

Do

1: Drain quinoa and place into simmering basket. Fill Thermomix bowl to 1L mark with water and set basket into bowl.
2: Steam quinoa 15 min/100ºC/speed 2. Remove basket from bowl and set aside to cool.
3: Meanwhile prepare the rest of the salad by combining all remaining salad ingredients, except salad greens in large bowl.
4: Make dressing by placing all ingredients into Thermomix bowl and blending 20 sec/speed 8.
5: Pour over prepared salad and add quinoa. Toss gently, arrange on top of bed of salad greens.
6: Garnish with additional seeds, nuts, spring onions etc.

This is fantastic with BBQed or roasted meat, as part of a buffet, or just as a light lunch with crusty bread. Enjoy….you can almost feel a rousing chorus of Kum Bah Ya coming on as you eat this oh-so-healthy veggie treat!

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!