Healthy Salad Sunday

I thought I would post this 'go to' salad recipe, the ingredients seem to vary depending on what I have on hand in my fridge. But that is one of the appealing things about this kind of salad I think!

Ingredients

- 1 cup diced sweet potato

- 1 cup diced red capsicum

- 1 cup diced carrot

- 1 cup broccoli florets

- 1 cup diced zucchini

- 1 cup shredded red cabbage

- 1 cup cooked quinoa

- 2 cups of veg stock

- Chili infused olive oil

- 2 cloves of garlic (minced)

- 1 tbsp grated ginger

- 1 Lemon

The first thing you need to do is cook up your quinoa. When cooking quinoa the most important thing to do is rinse it thoroughly, easiest way to do this is to place the quinoa in a sieve and rinse under running water. 

Once it is well drained place the 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups of veg stock ( or any kind of stock will do) into a pot and bring to the boil until all the stock is absorbed. This should take about 8-10 mins. Once the stock is absorbed, remove from heat and fluff up the quinoa with a fork and place aside.

The process is very much the same as cooking rice. You can use water to cook your quinoa, but I find using stock brings a lot more flavour to the quinoa.

 

Next you want to stir fry your veg!

Place a generous splash of Chili infused olive oil into a wok and fry up your minced garlic and grated ginger until them become fragrant. Then throw in your sweet potato and let this soften for a few minutes, then throw the remaining veg into the wok and stir fry until they have softened slightly. You still want a nice crisp crunch when you bite into your salad!

Now for the fun bit! grab a large bowl and mix the cooked quinoa and the stir fried veg together. 

And it is that simple!  

I always find it great to squeeze some lemon over the top to freshen it up and give it a nice zing.

This would be the prefect thing to bring to a bbq or what I like to do is cook this up on a Sunday night and then you have a great salad to bring to work or school for lunch the next few days, I find this salad keeps from around 2-3 days. 

Much love,