Quinoa Salad

This recipe is basically cooked quinoa mixed with my bruschetta topping.

I often make this whole grain salad as a side dish and it's a good gluten free options as well.

FAQ

How much cooked quinoa typically results from cooking 1/2 cup dry quinoa?

It's usually 1 plus 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa.

This amount is enough to fill a 700ml bowl.

What is bruschetta toppings?

Check out my bruschetta full recipe below.

Bruschetta topping

You can replace tomatoes with other fruity vegetables such as bell pepper, cucumber, zucchini.

250g cherry tomatoes

1tbsp salted capper (chopped )

1tbsp pickled olives (chopped)

1tbsp red onion (finely chopped)

1tbsp basil leaves (finely chopped)

1tbsp garlic oil (garlic infused olive oil)

A pinch of sea salt (6 cracks)

A pinch of black pepper (6 cracks)

How to cook quinoa

1/2 cup of rinsed dried quinoa

1/2 tsp salt

1 pot of water ( at least 1L )

1/2 cup of water (to add later)

STEP1

No need to measure water here.

Add salt in the pot of cold water and rinsed quinoa.

Start from the cold water and bring to a boil.

Boil it for 5minutes.

STEP2

Discard cloudy water completely.

You could rinse quinoa under cold water to remove this dark starchy water.

Yes ,it might lose some nutritions with water but if you want to

make " wired smell free" impressively yummy quinoa salad it's a good technic.

At the end you can incorporate quinoa more often and get nurished if it's tasty.

STEP3

Pour in 1/2 cup of new water in the pot of quinoa.

Let it cook for another 5minutes without a lid over a medium heat.

STEP4

Turn off the heat, place a lid.

Steam quinoa for 5 minutes.

Remove the lid (not to over cook them ) ,fluff the steamed quinoa.

Quinoa should not be mushy.

Let it cool before making a salad.

STEP5

Mix it with the bruschetta topping.

You can prepare quinoa salad and keep it in the fridge before the party.

It tastes really good the next couple of days.

However I would add diced cucumber just before serving it so it tastes fresh.

At another event i made this less tomato quinoa salad with

50g cherry tomatoes (or bell peppers)

160g Yellow bell pepper

40g carrot

1tbsp salted capper (chopped )

1tbsp red onion (finely chopped)

1tbsp basil leaves (finely chopped)

1tbsp parsley leaves (finely chopped)

1tbsp garlic oil

A pinch of sea salt (6 cracks)

A pinch of black pepper (6 cracks)

Mixed with 1plus 1.5cup of cooked quinoa.

Enjoy your quinoa salad in various different ways :)