Let’s make a WARM winter salad!

 In Adelaide, where in the summer nip, I needed something wholesome, healing and quick, I chose this and now in London chill, I am missing my home cooked meals.

Simple ingredients, need 10 mins to prep and 10 to cook.

Ingredients:

• 20 grams of quinoa
• 1/4 cup chopped bell peppers (used red and yellow only)
• 1/4 cup of carrot
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1/4 of an red onion
• 1/2 orange
• Fresh thyme leaves (an ingredient, I am totally loving these days)
• Salt, chili and pinch of coriander powder to taste (you could eliminate the coriander powder to instead add fresh herbs, it tastes amazing)
• 2 cups of water
• 2 teaspoons olive oil

Method:

1. Bring to boil, the quinoa with little salt.
2. Boil for 10 minutes. Then drain the water.
3. While the quinoa boils, in another pan add the olive oil and the red onion, peppers and carrot with two small sticks of thyme. Lightly sear the veggies. Don’t overcook.
4. Add salt, chili and coriander powder to it.
5. Once veggies are lightly seared, add the cherry tomatoes and sauté again.
6. Once veggies are cooked mix with the quinoa. Add fresh thyme leaves, remove the stem and if you like parsley or coriander leaves as well.
7. Add the chopped orange.
8. Garnish it and EAT THE YUMMINESS.

Good for dinner or lunch!