Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, warm mediterranean red quinoa salad 🥗. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I decided to create a warm Mediterranean quinoa salad that is gluten-free, vegan, and packs in the flavour and nutrients. Added bonus: make a large batch because this is a salad you can reheat! It freezes well so put leftovers into meal-sized containers in your freezer for healthy weekday lunches or quick dinners. I adjusted the recipe: cooked quinoa in chicken broth rather than water and bouillon; eliminated the garlic and parsley; used a yellow onion rather than red and yellow bell pepper rather than green; added green onions sun-dried tomatoes grated carrot a couple handfuls of chiffonade spinach leaves and sliced celery.
Warm Mediterranean Red Quinoa Salad 🥗 is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Warm Mediterranean Red Quinoa Salad 🥗 is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have warm mediterranean red quinoa salad 🥗 using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Warm Mediterranean Red Quinoa Salad 🥗:
- Take 1 microwave packet Tesco red and white cooked quinoa
- Take 2 ready cooked peppers in oil (you buy these in jars)
- Prepare 6-8 sun dried tomatoes in oil (also bought in jars)
- Get 1 tsp lazy garlic
- Take Salt and pepper
- Make ready Handful fresh basil
It is easy to make in advance and transports well, which makes it ideal for picnics, potlucks or for tucking into a lunchbox. Rice, pasta or quinoa can be used in place of couscous, cook as per packet instructions and gently heat the vegetables in a small pan to warm through before. Change it up: This salad is awesome as written. You can serve it on fresh greens with an extra drizzle of olive oil and squeeze of lemon juice for dressing.
Instructions to make Warm Mediterranean Red Quinoa Salad 🥗:
- Chop the peppers and tomatoes. Heat some oil from the jar of sun dried tomatoes and gently fry the garlic for a few minutes.
- Add the chopped peppers and tomatoes and allow to cook gently on a low heat for ten minutes, stirring occasionally to stop it burning.
- Microwave your quinoa according to the instructions on the packet. Then pour the quinoa into the pan with the peppers.
- Give it all a good stir then serve topped with the basil. We had ours with simple roasted salmon and a green salad.
Change it up: This salad is awesome as written. You can serve it on fresh greens with an extra drizzle of olive oil and squeeze of lemon juice for dressing. As written, this is a vegan quinoa salad — it's delicious, hearty, and extremely satisfying this way. That said, there are lots of variations you can do to make this salad your own. Serve this as a cold or warm quinoa salad.
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