Immune-friendly recipe for 6 people, takes only 5 mins; recipe has purple sprouting broccoli, soya bean, avocado, quinoa, baby spinach, herb, pomegranate, pumpkin seed, lime, orange, white wine vinegar, dijon mustard and rapeseed oil.
Superfood salad with citrus dressing
Course: Immune-friendly
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Lime: zest and juice 1 lemon or lime
- White Wine Vinegar: 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Avocado: 2 ripe avocados
- Dijon Mustard: 2 tbsp Dijon mustard (or gluten-free alternative)
- Baby Spinach: 100g bag baby spinach
- Orange: zest and juice 1 orange
- Rapeseed Oil: 2 tbsp extra-virgin rapeseed oil
- Pomegranate: 100g tub pomegranate seeds
- Quinoa: 250g pouch cooked quinoa
- Purple Sprouting Broccoli: 250g purple sprouting broccoli, cut in half (or into bite-sized chunks)
- Soya Bean: 175g frozen soya bean
- Herb: handful soft herbs (parsley, basil, coriander or mint all work well), chopped
- Pumpkin Seed: 100g bag pumpkin seed, toasted in a dry pan until they pop
Directions
- Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and fill a large bowl with ice-cold water. Add the broccoli to the pan and cook for 2 mins, then add the soya beans and cook for 1-2 mins more until the broccoli is cooked but still has a bite. Drain and drop the vegetables straight into the cold water - this quickly cools them, retaining their bite and bright colour. Leave for 1-2 mins until cool, then drain and leave in the colander while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
- Dry the large bowl. Add the dressing ingredients with some seasoning and whisk together. Halve, stone and peel the avocados, then cut into chunky dice and add straight to the dressing (this will stop the avocado turning brown). Add the quinoa, spinach, herbs, half the pomegranate and pumpkin seeds, and the cooked vegetables to the bowl, and gently toss everything together. Transfer the salad to a serving platter, scatter with the remaining seeds and serve. Any leftovers will keep in the fridge for lunch the next day.
