Hey guys, Kristen Vander Hoeven here from the SoSasha.com team bringing you another quick and easy bowl recipe that you can quickly make at home this week. Quinoa, quinoa, quinoa…everyone’s obsessed with quinoa. It’s basically the perfect blank canvas for an infinity amount of recipes. You can turn it into anything you like and trick your mind and belly into thinking your eating a big delicious bowl of bad carbs. I’ve adjusted this recipe to compliment my salmon but as time passes I will add and modify different recipes on how I prepare this golden grain.
I added dill pickles this time to compliment the fish as well as bring that sour element to cut the flavour of the buttery salmon. I love added fermented food to almost anything I’m eating. It aids in digestion which helps to eliminate bloating. You can try different fermented foods like kimchi, sauerkraut, kombucha, etc.
QUINOA SALAD WITH PICKLES & KALE
PREP: 25 min
COOKING: 30 min
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup of quinoa
- 2 cups of water
- 1/2 vegetable bouillon cube (if you have home made stock use that instead)
- 6-8 cherry tomatoes halved
- 3 large dill pickle spears diced
- 1 cup of kale loosely chopped
- 1 green onion
DRESSING:
- 6 tablespoons EVOO
- 3 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon of maple syrup
- salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Add all of your ingredients and dressing to your quinoa. You can serve warm, cold, whatever you wish. NOTE: For the perfect fluffy quinoa, start by rinsing your quinoa in a mesh strainer. This helps take off a weird coating that the grain has which can lead to it being a bit bitter and unfluffy. Once rinsed, placed quinoa into a sauce pan with about 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Toasting your quinoa before cooking brings out a nutty delicious flavour. After it’s all toasty and fragrant, add your water or cooking stock. Bring to a oil then turn your heat down and simmer with lid on for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat but leave on the lid and let sit for another 10 minutes. Remove lid, fluff with a fork.
Photography by Jilly Botting
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