Green Bean, Quinoa and Bulgar Salad
Serves: 4 to 6 people
Prep: 20 min
Easy
The delicious seasonal flavours in this salad are boosted with the end sprinkling of nooch on top. It’s a salad which is a healthy meal in itself. High in fibre and rich in vitamins, plus the extra sprinkle of vitamin B12.
Recipe tip: You can vary the other vegetables that you add depending on what you have in your fridge, although this combination works particularly well.
What you’ll need:
1 litre of Marigold Organic Veg Bouillon (any other from our range will do)
250g of a mixed bag of quinoa and bulgar wheat
150g fine green beans
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 red pepper, chopped into small cubes
5 tomatoes, chopped into small cubes
Half a medium cucumber, chopped into small cubes
3 tablespoons of pitted green olives
3 tablespoons of pine nuts, toasted lightly
Juice of 1 lemon
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
200ml good olive oil
3 teaspoons ground cumin
Salt and black pepper, to taste
To garnish: Nooch Nutritional Yeast (any from our range will do)
How to do it:
Bring 1 litre of water to the boil and add approximately 1 tbsp of Marigold Organic Veg Bouillon. Stir well and add quinoa and bulgar mix. Simmer for 12 to 15 minutes then stand it in the pan with a tea towel covering it and a lid on the top, for about 10 minutes so that it fluffs up.
Meanwhile, top and tail the green beans and cook in a good amount of boiling water until tender. Drain and plunge into a bowl of ice-cold water for 5 minutes. Drain well and then chop (roughly into thirds).
Put the beans in a large salad bowl. Sprinkle a tiny amount of salt on them with the garlic and stir. Leave for 5 minutes to infuse before adding all your other chopped vegetables (including olives), your lemon juice, vinegar and cumin. Stir everything together well.
Add the warm cooked fluffy quinoa mix, the pine nuts and your olive oil. Then mix everything together really well.
It’s delicious slightly warm but can be kept in the fridge until ready to eat.
Serve in bowls on a bed of green leaves and sprinkle generously with nooch. So nutritious and delicious!
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