Warm Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

Serves 4:
  • 1 cup of raw quinoa
  • 3 cups of water
  • pinch of pink himalayan salt

Vegetables:

  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1 courgette
  • Large handful of baby spinach
  • 1 teaspoon smoked sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cumin
  • 20ml tamari or liquid aminos
  • 1 handful of mixed leaves or rocket

METHOD:

    For the Quinoa:

    • Place your raw quinoa into a saucepan with the water, quinoa expands lots when you cook it so make sure the saucepan is a decent size
    • Bring it to a rapid boil and then turn it down to a gentle simmer for 5 minutes
    • Turn off the heat and just let it stand for ten minutes to finish cooking by itself. Quinoa is very easy to overcook so by doing it this way it won’t overcook and it will stay super light and fluffy.
    • Add a pinch of salt and a touch of olive oil and mix well. The olive oil will just stop it from clumping together to much.
    • Place it in the fridge to cool down.

    For the Vegetables:

    • Finely Julienne (cut into thin strips) your peppers, carrot, courgette, and spinach
    • In a large pan on a low heat, with a tiny teaspoon of coconut oil slowly cook all of these ingredients until they have softened
    • Once the vegetables are soft add in your tamari, paprika and cumin
    • Then add your cooked quinoa into the cooked vegetables and mix really well
    • Serve your quinoa salad and top with some mixed leaves and rocket