Crunchy quinoa salad

Serves:

Ingredients

• 1 cup mixed quinoa
• 1 carrot, finely julienned
• 1 cucumber, roughly chopped
• 1 cup mixed heirloom tomatoes
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted
• 1/2 cup parsley, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup mint, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup coriander, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup chives, roughly chopped
• 3 spring onions, roughly chopped

For the dressing

• 1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tsp honey
• 2 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
• zest of one orange

Method

Place the quinoa in a large saucepan, cover with two cups of cold water, bring to the boil then cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile place all dressing ingredients into a jar and shake.

Place all remaining salad ingredients in a bowl and toss with the quinoa. Pour salad dressing over the salad and combine. Season to taste.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• You can find quinoa in the healthfood aisle in the supermarket.
• If you can't get heirloom tomatoes you can use cherry or pear tomatoes.
• This recipe was created by Sophie Hansen for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder. You can follow Sophie on Local is Lovely, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.