Quinoa Salad ~Secret Recipe club challenge 20th July 2015

This is my assignment with the Secret Recipe Club.The aim of the club is that you are allocated a blog from which you have to select a recipe and try it and blog about it. For the month of July my assigned blog is Feast on the cheap written by Mary Anne and Mariel a mother and daughter duo.There were many interesting recipes but I chose to make the salad recipe as we are currently having a heat wave in UK and we are making the most of the warm weather by eating outside al fresco. Salads are perfect for this.I chose the Quinoa Salad recipe although I did change a couple of the ingredients to make it vegetarian for our dietary requirements.

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Quinoa Salad

by Nayna Kanabar July-20-2015

Light and tasty salad with Quinoa and a medley of salad vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Quinoa
• 2 cups Water
• 1/2 each finely diced Red, Green , Yellow peppers
• 200g Precooked Kidney Beans
• 1/2 finely diced Cucumber
• 4 finely chopped Spring Onions
• 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• Pinch Chilli Flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon Cumin
• 1 tablespoon Honey
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Method:

1. Place the quinoa in a strainer and run it under cold water. Next add the washed quinoa in a pan with 2 cups water and bring to boil.2. Once the water comes to boil reduce flame and simmer quinoa on low heat for 15 -20 minutes until all the water is absorbed.Remove from heat and leave to cool. 3.In a large bowl add the cooled quinoa, diced cucumber, chopped spring onions, kidney beans and peppers and mix together.4. In jug add the lemon juice, olive oil, chilli flakes, pepper, cumin, honey and mix it together.5. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss together. Transfer to a serving dish and serve chilled

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 30 mins Yield: 2 servings

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