Wednesday 26 May 2010

Lentil and quinoa salad.

Lentil/quinoa salad
I keep forgetting to eat enough legumes (most likely because I don't know enough recipes with legumes in them), which I absolutely should as a vegetarian, but every so often I commit myself to making a meal with lentils, beans or peas. Yesterday was one of those days and I came up with a lentil salad that contained a lot of quinoa as well - the reason why I've opted to call it a lentil and quinoa salad.

Lentils
Quinoa

1. Boil about two dl of green lentils and about two - three dl of quinoa. Let cool.

Onion

2. Chop one small onion and a few cloves of garlic.

Carrots

3. Grind three small carrots.

Cucumber

4. Slice one big cucumber or two small.

Green onion

5. Slice some green onion. I used quite a lot of it since I love green onion.

Paprika

6. Slice one paprika and mix everything together.

Lemon

7. Add lemon zest.

Sesame seeds

8. And sesame seeds.

Lentil/quinoa salad

9. Voilá! Sprinkle with some salt, a tiny bit of pepper and add parsley and coriander (preferably fresh!)

12 comments:

Shey said...

yum! That looks really good,I will have to try it. Thank you for the recipe!

Rebecca Jane said...

This looks like a great recipe!
There is a great cookbook that I have, called Veganomicon, that you can order on amazon. It's vegan, not vegetarian - so a bit stricter in some ways, but it has some amazing recipes and all the ones I've tried thus far are fantastic!

Raquel said...

it looks so tasty! it is funny, I usually peel of the cucumber's skin :)

muchlove said...

that looks really nice and healthy. The kind of thing that I need to be eating more of!

Revital said...

mmm...looks yummy! ill try it!

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Roseanna said...

Looks delicious, I may have to try it at the weekend :) I'm fending for myself and tend not to be a great one for eating properly without guidance haha :) Now I have at least one recipe to try out...

Emily, Resplendent Tranquility said...

This looks delicious! I can't wait to try it out. Thank you for sharing it :)

javiera isidora said...

loos delicius, love the food posts! i post a dessert now if you like to see it :)

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Mélodit said...

Bonjour !

Je suis française et je suis ton blog depuis pas mal de temps maintenant !

Tu as un style merveilleux. Tu es une grande source d'inspiration pour moi :)

Et tes recettes... Yummy !

BISES

Mélody ;)

Anonymous said...

since you live in Israel, try ordering a "majadara". This is a very good meal for vegeterians.

Bea said...

Oh, I wish I could cook. You made that look simple enough though. Maybe I'll try it myself one day :)

B from A plus B

Erin Cathleen said...

Yummy! I'm going to have to try this, since I love quinoa, lentils and green onion (and also am a vegetarian who does not eat nearly enough legumes). :)