My absolute favourite quinoa salad
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 2 people, as a main course
Ingredients
For the quinoa
- 100 g quinoa + 200ml water
- zest from 1/2 a lemon or lime
- 10 ml olive oil extra virgin
- salt to taste
For the confit cherry tomatoes
- 100 g cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 50 ml olive oil
- 1 bayleaf
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- salt and pepper to taste
For the spinach
- 100 g spinach throughly washed
- 50 ml olive oil
- to taste salt
- 1 garlic clove
For the mushrooms
- 100 g mushrooms lavados
- 10ml olive oil
- to taste salt and pepper
As a garnish
- 50 g toasted hazelnuts. Some chopped, some whole. or other nut. Almonds, walnuts and pecans work nicely
- zest from half a lemon or lime
Vinaigrette
- 1/2 tsp dijon mustard (don't worry, it doesn't taste "mustardy")
- salt and pepper to taste
- juice from 1 lemon or lime
- olive oil from the confit cherry tomatoes plus more to adjust consistency