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Today's recipe request comes in from the Facebook user
Anthony Corbi
and he's asked me to make some Quinoa Salad so, lets get started
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So guys, the first thing I'm going to do on our Quinoa Salad
is cook our Quinoa. Now Quinoa is a fantastic healthy grain
its a fantastic alternative to either rice or couscous
and its really popular at the moment, there's a bit of a Quinoa craze
if you like, you can get this in the supermarkets now
or your health food stores. You can really get it anywhere
and I treat it like rice. I've got 1 cup of Quinoa grain
I'm just going to put it in and for every cup of Quinoa that you have
I'm putting 2 cups in of water. So its a 1:2 ratio
Now I've turned it up to a medium to high heat
and I'm going to cook this for fifteen to twenty minutes
and just like rice, it will absorb that water
So our Quinoa is now cooked and I'm now going to get started
on our dressing that is going to go with the Quinoa
Just into a jug here, I've got some fresh lemon juice that I'm just going to squeeze in
Now for a bit of sweetness in our salad
I'm going to be putting in some honey
and I'm also going to put in a pinch of paprika
so we've got some sweetness, we've got some sour
and we've got some heat
and I'm just going to give that a quick mix around
So just into a large bowl here, I'm going to add in our Quinoa
Now to the Quinoa, I'm going to be adding in some rocket leaves
and these have a beautiful peppery flavour that I just love in this salad
for some fresh herbs I'm adding some parsely
Just sprinkle that in,
I've got a capsicum here, or a bell pepper, a red one
that I've just chopped up, just into chunks, just to add a bit of colour
Now these I absolutely adore, sunflower kernels. I love them!
There so tasty and just even as a snack by themselves there wonderful
and they just add a nice crunch to this salad, so
I'm just going to sprinkle them in there and there really good for you to
Really healthy. Next I've got some asparagus
and what I've done with the asparagus while I was cooking
the Quinoa, I've just put them on the pan, little bit of grape seed oil
cooked them for about 2 minutes very quickly over high heat
taken them out and I've just cut them into thirds
and I'm just going to add them in as well
Now to add some nice creamy texture, to this
I'm going to be adding in some feta cheese
and I've just put it into chunks there. Just scatter it about
and lastly, I'm going to be pouring over that honey dressing
that we made before, with the lemon and the paprika
Now, we want to give this a good mix around
get everything combined really well
So there you have it.
Quinoa Salad with asparagus and feta
It is absolutely gorgeous
So flavourful, but so, so good for you
that is an absolute star
Just before I get stuck into this Quinoa salad
If you haven't tried Quinoa before, this is a great way to introduce
yourself to it. It's got a fantastic sort of nutty flavour
and I just love it, so, here we go
and that feta, is so creamy.
I absolutely love Quinoa and I really recommend that you give it a go.
It is gorgeous, Yummo!
All the ingredients are below for this one, give it a try
I guarantee it, you will love it.