Summer is almost here in Australia and I couldn't be more excited! It feels like we have had a long and rainy winter here in Perth and even though we have a warm winter compared to the Northern hemisphere I missed the warmth, the sunshine, eating salads and drinking smoothies. After 9 years in Australia I am not used to being cold anymore.
I made this pretty delicious Moroccan inspired quinoa salad a few weekends ago based on an old recipe of mine on the blog but I changed up some of the ingredients so I thought I would post the new recipe here. This salad includes all my favourite ingredients together pretty much and when we were eating this with my hubby I said "it just needs chickpeas and this is me on a plate!" I could eat this salad every week and I am planning to make it again this weekend.
Moroccan Inspired Carrot Quinoa Salad
Serves 4.
Ingredients:
• 3 cups of cooked quinoa
• 3 grated carrots
• 1/3 cup of chopped almonds
• 1/4 cup dried sultanas
• ½ lemon juiced
• 2-3 tbsp of cumin powder
• 1 tbsp of coriander seeds (optional)
• ½ pomegranate
• 1 bunch of coriander and mint leaves
• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• 2 tsp of sea salt
Steps:
- Cook the quinoa in advance and leave to cool down;
- Add the grated carrots, chopped almonds, sultanas, spices, olive oil and lemon juice to the quinoa and mix it all well together.
- Top with the coriander and mint leaves, extra almonds and pomegranate seeds.
