Quinoa salad

Name: Quinoa salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup tricolour quinoa; 1/2 head cauliflower, cut into florets; 1 medium sweet potato, peeled, chopped; 1 red capsicum, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 2tsp curry powder; 1/2 cup slivered almonds; 400g canned chickpeas, rinsed, drained; 1/2 cup currants; 2 celery sticks thinly sliced; 1/2 flat leaf parsley; 60g spinach; 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 carrot, peeled, cut into matchsticks; 1/4 cup sunflower oil; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 2tbsp maple syrup

4 steps

Prep:20minCook:35min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:52:38 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories428.5 kcal (21%)

Total Fat20.1 g (29%)

Carbs54.7 g (21%)

Sugars17.1 g (19%)

Protein11.3 g (23%)

Sodium215.4 mg (11%)

Fiber9.3 g (33%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1 cuptricolour quinoa

0.5 headcauliflower

cut into florets

1sweet potato

medium, peeled, chopped

1red capsicum

thinly sliced

1 Tbspsunflower oil

2 tspcurry powder

½ cupslivered almonds

400gcanned chickpeas

rinsed, drained

½ cupcurrants

2celery sticks

thinly sliced

0.5flat leaf parsley

60gspinach

0.5red onion

thinly sliced

1carrot

peeled, cut into matchsticks

Lemon-mustard dressing

¼ cupsunflower oil

¼ cuplemon juice

1 Tbspwholegrain mustard

2 Tbspmaple syrup

Instructions

Step 1

Cook quinoa

tricolour quinoa1 cup

Step 2

Preheat oven to 200 Celsius. Line baking tray with baking paper. Toss the cauliflower, sweet potato, capsicum, oil and curry powder in a bowl to coat. Arrange on tray and bake for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Add almonds and roast for further 5 minutes or until toasted.