Easy Quinoa Salad

I love quinoa on its own, but this is an easy way to dress it up. Add some rocket and/or baby spinach if you like more leaves in your meal. Reduce the amount of parsley if intending to use this instead of rice with a curry or casserole.

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Easy Quinoa Salad

This is an easy way to dress up quinoa with nuts for crunch and currants for sweetness. The quantities are not strict so you can add and subtract elements according to taste

Course

Vegetable recipes

Prep Time

15 mins

Servings

as a side

Ingredients

• 3-4 cups quinoa cooked
• 3-4 spring onions
• 1/4 cup silvered almonds ideally toasted first
• 1/4 cup currants
• 1 small lemon
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small clove garlic squashed a bit with the back of a knife
• pinch salt
• 1 small bunch continental parsley
• Small piece feta crumbled

Course Vegetable recipes Prep Time 15 mins Servings as a side Ingredients 3-4 cups quinoa cooked 3-4 spring onions 1/4 cup silvered almonds ideally toasted first 1/4 cup currants 1 small lemon 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1 small clove garlic squashed a bit with the back of a knife pinch salt 1 small bunch continental parsley Small piece feta crumbled

Instructions

1. Place cooked quinoa in a large bowl.
2. Slice spring onions finely and add to quinoa with almonds and currants. Mix to combine.
3. Juice lemon and place juice in a small jar with oil, squashed garlic clove and salt. Screw on lid of jar. Shake well to combine.
4. Remove garlic clove from jar before pouring over quinoa mix.
5. Finely chop parsley and sprinkle on top of the quinoa mix. Crumble feta over the top.