Quinoa tabbouleh

Healthy summer recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has quinoa, lemon, olive oil, mint, parsley, spring onion, cucumber and walnut.

Quinoa tabbouleh

Quinoa tabbouleh

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Dairy-free lunch
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Garlic Clove: 1/2 garlic clove, crushed
  • Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Tomato: 300g tomatoes, cut into 1cm dice (no need to remove the seeds)
  • Parsley: 75g parsley, roughly chopped
  • Lemon: juice and zest 1/2 lemon
  • Cucumber: 100g cucumber, cut into small dice
  • Balsamic Vinegar: 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • Quinoa: 100g dried quinoa
  • Salt: pinch of Himalayan pink salt
  • Vanilla Extract: drop of vanilla extract
  • Salad Leaf: 50g salad leaves, to serve
  • Rice Syrup: 1 tsp rice syrup or agave

Directions

  1. Cook the quinoa following pack instructions, then set aside to cool.
  2. Make the dressing by adding the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, vanilla extract, rice syrup, pinch of salt and garlic into a jug and whisk until smooth. Mix this into the quinoa and mix together with all the other ingredients. Serve on a bed of salad leaves.