Name: Quinoa salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 500 ml stock vegetable; salt; 1 cup quinoa; 3 Tbs pine nuts; 4 tsp fresh chillies 573; 2 shallots, chopped; 2 tsp garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tsp lemon juice; fresh basil handful; 4 Tbs chopped; 100 g green beans fine, trimmed; 200 g courgettes baby, sliced diagonally; 60 g sun-dried tomatoes in oil

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Ingredients (13)

500 ml	stock — vegetable
	salt
1 cup	quinoa
3 Tbs	pine nuts
4 tsp	fresh chillies — 573
2	shallots, chopped
2 tsp	garlic — cloves, crushed
2 tsp	lemon juice
	fresh basil — handful
4 Tbs	chopped
100 g	green beans — fine, trimmed
200 g	courgettes — baby, sliced diagonally
60 g	sun-dried tomatoes — in oil

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Method:

Place the vegetable stock and a pinch of salt in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the quinoa then reduce the heat, cover and allow to simmer for 15 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed and the quinoa is cooked.

Set aside to cool.

Heat a dry frying pan over a medium heat. Toast the pine nuts for a few minutes until golden, then set aside to cool.

Use the same frying pan to heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Add the chopped shallots and sauté for 3 minutes.

Pop the shallots in a food processor with the remaining olive oil, crushed garlic, lemon juice, basil and mint, and blitz to a paste.

Bring a small pot of salted water to the boil. Cut the green beans into thirds and boil for 6 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.

Heat a griddle pan over a medium heat. Arrange the baby marrow slices in the pan and griddle for a few minutes on each side until tender.

Cut the sun-dried tomatoes into thin strips. Stir the herb paste through the cooled quinoa until well mixed.

Stir the green beans, baby marrow and sun-dried tomatoes into the quinoa.

Top with toasted pine nuts and serve.

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