Quinoa, herb and pomegranate salad
Serves 2
A little effort
Total time:
A lovely light quinoa salad with sweet, juicy pomegranate that also provides a bit of crunch. Add cooked shredded chicken if you want more protein. Dried apricots work well in this too.
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- 150g quinoa
- ½ vegetable stock cube
- 75g pine nuts
- 1 pomegranateseeds removed
- a small handful mintchopped
- a small handful corianderchopped
- 1 limejuiced
- extra-virgin olive oil
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal731
- fat52.1g
- saturates6g
- carbs51.9g
- protein17.1g
Method
step 1
Cook the quinoa according to pack instructions adding the vegetable stock cube to the cooking water. Leave to cool, then break up with a fork.
step 2
Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan until lightly golden. Mix the pine nuts, pomegranate seeds, herbs, lime juice and 4 tbsp oil through the quinoa.