Quinoa salad
This is a great summer recipe using plenty of colourful vegetables and alternative grains. It can be eaten warm or cold and it keeps well. This recipe focuses on using a variety of fresh vegetables and flavours.
1 butternut squash peeled and cut into cubes
1 pack of kale roughly chopped
1 pack of tender stem broccoli roughly chopped
1 tin of pulses (kidney beans/chickpeas/pinto beans)
1 lemon juiced
Handful of pine nuts
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp paprika
2 cups of quinoa
Recipe by
Gopika Papiah
Nutritionist
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