Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa & feta salad with roasted vegetables. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Find quinoa recipes perfect for a side dish or main course from Bobby, Giada, Guy and more Food Network chefs. Quinoa is the healthy wonder grain we can't get enough of– we even eat it for breakfast! The seed of quinoa is eaten like a grain, like wheat. However, it is not a true grain.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook quinoa & feta salad with roasted vegetables using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa & feta salad with roasted vegetables:
- Get 200 g quinoa
- Make ready 3 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 red onion, peeled but left whole, then cut into 1cm thick round slices
- Make ready 2 peppers, red, yellow or mixture, deseeded and cut into chunky long wedges
- Prepare 200 g baby courgettes, halved lengthways
- Get 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- Take zest and juice 1 lemon
- Take pinch sugar
- Get small pack flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- Get 200 g pack feta cheese
Most folks call quinoa (pronounced "keen-whah") a grain, but it's actually a seed — one that originated thousands of years ago in the Andes Mountains. Quinoa is a super grain that's packed with protein and vitamins. Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids. Whether it's a salad, veggie burger, or fried "rice", this grain holds its own as a side dish or as the base of the main course.
Steps to make Quinoa & feta salad with roasted vegetables:
- Cook the quinoa following pack instructions, then drain really well and set aside.
- Meanwhile heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the onion and peppers with 1 tbsp of the oil and seasoning on a roasting tray, then roast for 15 mins.
- Toss the courgettes and garlic with the rest of the veg and roast for another 15 mins.
- Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins and mash with some seasoning. Stir in the remaining oil, lemon juice and zest and season with sugar to taste. Drizzle over the quinoa and toss together with the roasted vegetables and parsley. Crumble over the feta, toss gently again and serve.
Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids. Whether it's a salad, veggie burger, or fried "rice", this grain holds its own as a side dish or as the base of the main course. You can cook quinoa in a rice cooker (or the Instant Pot), but the best way to cook quinoa is actually on the stovetop. Start your quinoa in simmering water to kick-start its blooming and unraveling phase, making it fluffier than you thought possible. While it's often referred to as a grain, quinoa is actually a seed, and it's packed with protein and fiber, making it a satisfying addition wherever it's used.
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