Vegetable Quinoa Salad Serves 8 Ingredients: • 1 cup brown lentils • 1 cup quinoa • 2 bell peppers • 1 Fuji apple • 1/3 cup pine nuts • 1 red onion • 1 bunch, flat-leaf parsley • 1 bunch, fresh mint • 2 lemons Instructions: 1. Pick over lentils to remove any debris. Rinse and drain. Cook according to package instructions. Set aside to cool. 2. Rinse quinoa and cook according to package instructions. Set aside to cool. 3. Chop bell peppers and apple into bite-sized pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. 4. Toast pine nuts in a dry skillet over low heat until they become fragrant. Set aside to cool. 5. Mince onion and add to mixing bowl. Chop parsley and mint and add to bowl. 6. Add the cooked lentils and quinoa to the mixing bowl and stir to combine. Stir in the pine nuts. 7. Juice the lemons and pour over the entire mixture. Serve the salad warm or cold, topped with Herbed Hemp Dressing, if desired. Herbed Hemp Dressing Makes 1½ cups Ingredients: • ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk • 1/3 cup coconut vinegar • 1/3 cup hemp seeds • 1 bunch herbs • 1 tablespoon onion flakes Instructions: 1. Wash and dry fresh herbs and remove leaves from stems. 2. Combine herbs, onion flakes, hemp seeds, almond milk and coconut vinegar in a high-speed blender and process until smooth.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:51:59 +0000
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