After receiving the package sent to me by my friend Pixie, of You say tomahto, I say tomayto, I made this quinoa salad.
I saw some ideas of other salads but did not have some of the ingredients so I decided to make my own recipe, with ingredients I had at home.
I am submitting this recipe to Sangeeth of Art of Cooking Indian Food, hosting the event Eat Healthy.
Quinoa salad, recipe by Ivy
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of quinoa after boiling
- 1 cucumber, peeled and cut
- 1 tomato, peeled and cut
- 4 spring onions, finely chopped
- 4 – 5 sprigs of dill, finely chopped
- 4 – 5 sprigs of parsley, finely chopped
- 4 – 5 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
- Juice of one lemon
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Boil quinoa and set aside to cool.
Wash and peel vegetables, wash and cut herbs and mix all ingredients together.
Other relevant recipes:
Courgette croquets with quinoa
Kopiaste and Kali Orexi,
Núria
Friday 30th of May 2008
What a wonderful and refreshing salad!
I'm with you girls, blogging/cooking/photographing/posting/reading others's blogs is so hard!!! That's why we have to eat healthy :D
Ivy
Friday 30th of May 2008
Emiline you are right blogging is really hard work. I read that processed quinoa does not need to be washed so I skipped that part.
Emiline
Friday 30th of May 2008
I just tried quinoa recently. I rinsed it...and then cooked it. It was really sticky. I wonder if I should have rinsed it more? I think a Greek version sounds wonderful.
Blogging gets really crazy, doesn't it? It's hard work. Don't work too hard, Ivy!
Bellini Valli
Thursday 29th of May 2008
Can you believe that I have yet to have the chance to try quinoa. I have only just learnt to pronounce it properly...wink...wink...
Sangeeth
Thursday 29th of May 2008
lovely recipe....very nice entry..thanks for sending this to eat healthy.....