Quinoa, herb and pomegranate salad

⏱️ 20 min 👥 2 servings 📊 Easy
Mediterranean
Quinoa, herb and pomegranate salad
Nutrition per Serving
731
Calories
17g
Protein
52g
Carbs
52g
Fat

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.

📝 Ingredients

  • 150 g quinoa
  • 1/2 vegetable stock cube
  • 75 g pine nuts
  • 1 pomegranate seeds removed
  • a small handful mint chopped
  • a small handful coriander chopped
  • 1 lime juiced
  • extra-virgin olive oil

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Cook the quinoa according to pack instructions adding the vegetable stock cube to the cooking water. Leave to cool, then break up with a fork.
  2. 2Meanwhile, 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.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by olivemagazine.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.