Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday! She had a lovely day.
If you like quinoa, you'll like this salad. If you've never had quinoa, you should try this salad. It is so yummy. It's from Feeding the Whole Family, a cookbook that I'm liking very much and really should return to the library... (the kale & white bean soup was also from there).
I doubled what the recipe called for and substituted liquid aminos for the tamari. Also used roasted & salted sunflower seeds and omitted the salt. Served it warm, but it's just as good cold the next day. I'll include the original recipe below:
Quinoa Salad with Lemon & Garlic
1 cup dry quinoa
1/2 tsp salt (omitted this)
1 3/4 cup water
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1/3 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup sunflower seeds (used roasted & salted seeds)
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup evoo
1-2 Tbsp tamari or shoyu (I used liquid aminos)
Rinse quinoa & drain. Put drained quinoa and water in a large saucepan & bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover & let simmer 15-20 min or until water is absorbed. Remove from heat. Let stand about 5-10 min covered. Fluff with fork.
Meanwhile combine garlic, lemon juice, olive oil & tamari in container. Put quinoa into large bowl. Add carrots, parsley, seeds and dressing. Combine together well. Serve warm, at room temp or cold.
This would be a great use for the parsley that's hanging in there in my garden. And I have quinoa on hand. By the way, I made the soup -- but I substituted black beans for the white. It was excellent. You are becoming my go-to place for dinner suggestions. Thanks.
Posted by: Jodi | November 03, 2011 at 07:13 AM
Jodi - I'm glad the black beans worked out well. I tried that soup again using small white beans instead of cannellini beans - both were good.
Posted by: Ellen | November 03, 2011 at 08:48 AM
Mmm, I must try this. I am newly in love with quinoa and eager to try it in all kinds of recipes.
Posted by: Heather | November 03, 2011 at 02:25 PM
I have a box in the cupboard and this recipe is perfect!! Thank you, once again :D
Posted by: swanski | November 03, 2011 at 07:34 PM
This is one of our favorite recipes, too!
Posted by: Annie | November 03, 2011 at 10:29 PM
This looks yummy. What is liquid amino though? I am not familiar with it.
Posted by: Kate @ Lady Bird | November 04, 2011 at 09:33 AM
Yum! My daughter and I love quiona. I gotta try this recipe!
Posted by: flora | November 07, 2011 at 10:08 PM
This looks so good! I had quinoa for lunch today. I'll have to try this recipe soon.
Posted by: Dee | November 09, 2011 at 02:46 PM