Pomegranate quinoa

Try pomegranate and quinoa this Christmas season. A nice combination!

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Ingredients (serves 3)

1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 cups water or vegetable stock
seeds from half pomegranate
1 medium can tuna in springwater
half red capsicum, diced
1 tomato, diced
100 grams feta cheese, diced
1 handful pecan nuts, chopped
salt
olive oil
lemon juice

Method

In a saucepan bring water (or vegetable stock) to boil together with the quinoa and a pinch of salt. Cook for around 14 minutes, till nice fluffy. Add liquid if necessary.
In a big bowl combine all ingredients, except the pecans. Season with olive oil, lemon juice and salt.
Add the quinoa to the bowl and, as last, the pecans. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

This dish is nice cold too!

24 Comments

- - mom160270 said
  - 12 Mar 2025
    12:02 pm
I think I’ve only tasted pomegranate once and I can’t even remember what it tasted like. Time to try again with this recipe.

- - meedee said
  - 05 Dec 2021
    11:07 am
I dont think I have ever tasted pomegranate….hhmm

- - happymum2018 said
  - 04 Oct 2019
    6:15 pm
I love pomegranates they are a great fruit I would probably not like this with the tuna but that’s me thanks for sharing

- - Nas01 said
  - 01 Dec 2016
    7:12 pm
Wow what an interesting combo will def test it out

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    6:26 pm
Ive never really had quinoa before

- - mom19782016 said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    8:43 pm
Can you buy pomegranate seeds at Xmas time? Can you buy them in a tin too (weird question, sorry about that).

- - meljware said
  - 05 Jan 2016
    5:25 pm
This looks so tasty and love the sweet with the tuna mix.

- - mom101628 said
  - 16 Dec 2015
    10:03 pm
This would make another lovely side dish to the Christmas fare.

- - ella12 said
  - 16 Dec 2015
    9:32 am
This is certainly different indeed.

- - mom134803 said
  - 16 Dec 2015
    3:39 am
Although I wouldn’t use this recipe myself (I’m vegetarian, lol), it’s always nice to see quinoa more widely used. I was introduced with quinoa for the first time when I traveled in South America 25 years ago and I’ve used it ever since. It’s a beautiful addition to a vegetarian diet as it’s protein rich 🙂 .
- mom90758 replied
  
  16 Dec 2015 , 9:38 pm
  It is. Absolutely. If you are a vegetarian, you could just keep the tuna out and maybe add something else you enjoy better. 🙂
- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 14 Dec 2015
    3:13 pm
This seems like a nice combination.

- - mom90758 said
  - 14 Dec 2015
    12:29 pm
Thank you so much to the administration for adjusting the recipe! 🙂

- - mom90758 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    2:59 pm
I’m sure it will be nice with cranberries too, but I prepared it indeed with pomegranates. Sorry for the misunderstanding! 🙂

- - youngoldlady said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    2:12 am
Will try cranberries in this, a mistake must had been made as could not see where they go, might do them instead of the others.

- - mom90758 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    12:30 am
I just wrote to the administration. I hope they will be able to fix the problem.

- - mom90758 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    12:20 am
Ha! Ha! You are right! Why did I call it cranberry quinoa and not pomegranate quinoa? Thanks for noticing that. I will write the administration to see if they can change the title. Thank you!!!
- mom93821 replied
  
  13 Dec 2015 , 5:35 am
  LoL! Little ‘blips’ happen and I could see from the pic that it was pomegranates and not cranberries. Just noted it down and as I love pomegranates I am happy! 🙂
  - mom90758 replied
    
    14 Dec 2015 , 11:04 pm
    
    🙂
- - curlytops said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    8:45 pm
there are no cranberries in it!

- - mom93821 said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    11:10 am
I was hoping for one of your Quinoa recipes for Christmas! Thanks! 🙂

- - mom90758 said
  - 11 Dec 2015
    11:47 pm
I’m glad you like it! 🙂

- - mom94125 said
  - 11 Dec 2015
    8:32 pm
this is really good! so many good quinoa recipe ideas lately!. and gotta love the cranberries! i might try this cold and see how it goes.