Arrange the lettuce on a platter top with cucumber, roasted butternut & mushroom (I roasted in butter with some crushed chilli and cinnamon), avo and tomato
To celebrate I bring you a scrumptious, flavourful and bright butternutand chicken salad with baby spinach, avocado, feta cheese, zesty orange slices and sesame and flax seeds for some texture (and added goodness)
Malika van Reenen is the Executive Chef at the Cape Grace Hotel and presents us with a super-food QuinoaSalad Recipe that would make a great braai salad or a meal on it’s own
Mix the quinoaand vegetables well, then add the dresing and mix again. You can leave it to cool before adding to the salad or run it under the cold tap to cool it, make sure all the water is well drained and add it to the salad
This recipe, however, has changed my outlook on butternut for good – it is the yummiest salad I have eaten in a very long time, and I’d even venture to say it was more delicious than similar salads I’ve eaten at restaurants
It was a complete co-incidence that I had planned to make a delicious quinoasalad for lunch on election day, and even more of a coincidence when I realised that I had tricolour quinoa in the pantry
Quinoa & Chickpea Salad with Asparagus, Avocado and Sugar Snap Peas. Thankfully, the recent popularity of couscous and, to a lesser extent, bulgar wheat, have paved the way for a quinoa renaissance of sorts
Boerewors, Nectarine andQuinoaSalad. Add the nectarines and cooked quinoa. The flavour of Championship boerewors comes through nicely, while the harissa and nectarines balance each other beautifully
The fresh roasted butternutand ginger butterbean salad from Café Bloom looks like I want more. Remove from oven and cool a little, display on your favorite platter and dress with fresh coriander
Place the butternut, onion, zucchini and pepper on a baking sheet. Drizzle of quinoasaladand enjoy. If you were just a little more dedicated and kept your name leaf the whole world would rejoice in your easy pronounceable name, but just like quinoa, I finally figured you out
ButternutandCorianderSalad. A stunning side-dish that’s got just right amount nuttiness and citrus in the dressing to cut through the fragrant corianderand spiced butternut
Middle cut Fishcakes andQuinoasalad. Yesterday I also received a wonderful VIP invite to the launch of Pick 'n Pay Waterfront and it was a basket filled with foodie goodies and decided to use the Shogun Tricolour Quinoa as the accompaniment to my Lucky Star Middle cut
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