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Rich quinoa

Serves 4
30 minutes
Difficulty Easy
12 Ingredients

An easy dish with quinoa.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 cups water
1 onion, chopped
1 can brown lentils, rinsed and drained
1/2 cauliflower, cut in small florets
3 tbsp flour
2 tsp cumin powder
1 handful pistachios
1 handful dried cranberries
olive oil
fresh lemon juice
salt

Method

In a saucepan cook the quinoa with 2 cups of water for around 14 minutes.
In a big frying pan put some olive oil and saute the onion for 4-5 minutes. Then add the drained lentils. Cook a couple of minutes and then remove onion and lentils from the pan.
In a bowl, mix the flour with the cumin. Dip the cauliflower florets in the mix and gently fry in the frying pan for around 10 minutes.
To serve take a big serving dish and mix all the ingredients together, including the pistachios, cranberries, olive oil, some lemon juice and salt. Enjoy!

22 Comments
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- - mom112217 said
  - 06 Jan 2017
    12:51 pm
A lovely recipe to enjoy all year,thanks!

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- - mom103232 said
  - 16 Sep 2016
    9:41 pm
Saving this one to definitely try. My usual quinoa dish is getting boring. Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom71820 said
  - 16 Sep 2016
    2:45 pm
Sounds interesting & definitely worth a try. thanks for sharing.

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- - rachelvk said
  - 05 May 2016
    5:38 pm
I love pistachios and cranberries but would never have thought to have them with quinoa. Looks delicious!

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- - mom90758 said
  - 19 Dec 2015
    8:48 pm
Thanks! I’ve had the bowl for quite some years and I love it too!
Thanks for the comments, everyone!

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 19 Dec 2015
    1:56 pm
this looks really good, and the bowl is cool too

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- - mom62624 said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    12:15 pm
Delicious; thanks for sharing!.

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- - curlytops said
  - 14 Nov 2015
    10:50 am
a nice healthy salad for a bbq

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- - levismumma said
  - 09 Nov 2015
    7:47 am
Yum this sounds amazing! Love quinoa. And what a great recipe as we are startting to clean eat.

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- - mom62624 said
  - 09 Nov 2015
    7:16 am
Thanks for sharing this great recipe!.

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- - mom90758 said
  - 08 Nov 2015
    9:17 pm
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- - mom57808 said
  - 07 Nov 2015
    4:50 am
so good for me I will be bounsing off the walls

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- - youngoldlady said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    5:58 pm
Thank you for this and will be giving it a good.

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- - mom94125 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    2:00 pm
i can’t believe this recipe has cranberries in it! i love them but mainly just use them in salads.
- mom90758 replied
  
  08 Nov 2015 , 9:16 pm
  I love them too! In cookies they are great too! Indulgent moments!
  - mom94125 replied
    
    12 Nov 2015 , 11:23 am
    
    oh thanks! you just gave me a new idea! i only really use them in salads lol. maybe the odd muffin recipe but i don’t really use them that much
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- - mom90758 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    1:49 pm
You are all welcome. I love quinoa. I generally buy the white one, but the red quinoa is very nice too. It needs a little bit longer cooking time though.
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 Nov 2015 , 4:23 am
  Thank you for sharing your recipes with everyone – always good recipes!
  - mom90758 replied
    
    08 Nov 2015 , 9:15 pm
    
    Glad to hear that!
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- - taynik46 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    12:28 pm
this is something I would really like to get my family to start eating – looking forward to giving this a try – thank you for sharing

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- - mom93821 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    5:53 am
Perfect dish for me – has pistachios! Love them – thanks for the recipe.

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- - mom94378 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    4:37 pm
Sounds easy enough to do, thank you.

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