Quinoa Salad - A perfect summer recipe

With the summer heat, many of us are in the mood for cold dishes, and above all, quick and easy to prepare. Therefore, this month we bring you an irresistible recipe, quinoa, ingredients from the garden, and a lot of love. Do you know what we are talking about? Quinoa salad, a dish that will become a must in your recipe books.

Ingredients for quinoa salad

• 120g organic Fairtrade quinoa AlterNativa3
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 courgette
• 2 egg
• 1 lettuce
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• salt
• olive oil
• spices to taste (pepper, curry, cinnamon... )

Quinoa salad step by step

1. First, boil the quinoa and leave it to cool in a bowl.
2. Boil the eggs, peel and set aside.
3. Peel and chop the tomatoes
4. Peel the courgette, if you have a spaghetti cutter, use it to make it long, otherwise you can grate it.
5. In a salad bowl, mix the quinoa with the tomatoes and courgette and season to taste with the oil, salt and spices. Then chop the lettuce finely, add a little salt and oil and mix well.
6. Grate the eggs on top and add the toasted sesame seeds.

Just like that, our quinoa salad is ready to eat, it can be left to rest in the fridge to be eaten cold. A dish that can be kept for a few days and does not lose its qualities, fresh, easy to prepare and delicious. We give you the idea, use your imagination and add as many ingredients as you like and make your quinoa salad to your liking. You can also substitute quinoa for any type of pasta. Have you tried our quinoa spirals? They are ideal for your AlterNativa3 style pasta salad.

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