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Summer quinoa

Serves 3
25 minutes
Difficulty Easy
12 Ingredients

A quick quinoa recipe for the warm summer evenings.

Ingredients (serves 3)

1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
2 cups water or vegetable stock
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 yellow pepper, diced
1 carrot, grated
1/2 cup cashew nuts, broken into pieces
2 tomatoes, diced
100 grams feta cheese, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
olive oil
lemon juice
salt

Method

In a saucepan cook the quinoa in hot water (or vegetable stock) and a pinch of salt, for around 12 minutes. Add the frozen peas and cook for other 2 minutes until the water is absorbed.
In a small jar mix some olive oil, some lemon juice and some salt.
In a big bowl mix the warm quinoa, the dressing and all the other ingredients.
Enjoy!

25 Comments
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- - mom160270 said
  - 15 Mar 2025
    8:18 pm
A very healthy family meal. Thanks for sharing.

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- - meedee said
  - 28 Dec 2021
    9:19 am
This looks super colourful and wonderfully tasty

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- - youngoldlady said
  - 25 Sep 2017
    11:00 pm
As we add more of these recipes, this will come in handy this summer.

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- - mom101628 said
  - 15 Jun 2017
    9:50 pm
Sounds very interesting.

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- - mom103232 said
  - 18 Sep 2016
    9:27 pm
Only have two quinoa recipes that have been cooked and recooked in our household. Think I’ll be giving this one a go though now. Looks like a winner.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 07 Sep 2016
    1:23 pm
Quinoa rocks! Adore this grain, it is so versatile!

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- - mom145308 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    12:19 pm
This looks amasing, Thankyou 🙂 a great meal to have in the fridge for easy lunch and dinner meals!

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- - ella12 said
  - 16 Feb 2016
    3:04 pm
This looks interesting but I am not a fan of quinoa.

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- - meljware said
  - 07 Feb 2016
    6:37 pm
Nice and healthy and fresh. Love the sound of this.

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- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Jan 2016
    3:05 pm
A healthy recipe for this time of the year! Thanks.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 14 Dec 2015
    7:01 pm
this looks really fantastic

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- - mom62624 said
  - 11 Dec 2015
    7:12 pm
Simple and looks delicious; thanks for sharing!.

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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    4:56 pm
I must make this soon. Something different for a change.

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- - aliceou said
  - 19 Nov 2015
    3:59 pm
Nice and healthy, good for summer.

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- - rovermum said
  - 19 Nov 2015
    9:13 am
I tried quinoa for the first time this week and I’m not yet sure how I feel about it. I think I need to try it again to see if it’s a keeper.
- mom90758 replied
  
  20 Nov 2015 , 5:10 pm
  I hope you do because it’s really a wonderfood! 🙂
  - kjgarner replied
    
    30 Jan 2016 , 9:55 pm
    
    Yeah I have actually tried it before but will eventually
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- - mom90758 said
  - 17 Nov 2015
    9:43 pm
I’m glad you all like it. Success trying it out! 🙂

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- - mom152736 said
  - 17 Nov 2015
    4:35 pm
This is an awesome recipe ma’am…. love it ! thanku for sharing this..

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- - mom62624 said
  - 17 Nov 2015
    6:17 am
A simple and delicious seasonal recipe; thanks!.

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- - mom93821 said
  - 17 Nov 2015
    5:17 am
Thanks for another quinoa recipe- you are the Queen of Quinoa! 😉
- mom94125 replied
  
  17 Nov 2015 , 2:58 pm
  lol good one! this mum sure does post good recipe ideas. i just bought some quinoa today to give it a go.
  - mom90758 replied
    
    17 Nov 2015 , 9:41 pm
    
    Queen of Quinoa! Ha! Ha! That’s funny! I surely love it!
  - mom93821 replied
    
    28 Nov 2015 , 8:05 pm
    
    LOL! I thought you might find it funny! It is a good title! 🙂
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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 16 Nov 2015
    3:23 pm
This is a nice light dish for summer.

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