Quinoa Salad with Crunchy Chickpeas

This Quinoa Salad with roasted peppers, red onions, and a creamy tahini dressing is a vibrant, nutritious dish perfect for hosting. Check out links to store-bought options for quick and convenient ingredients when time is limited.

Quinoa Salad with Crunchy Chickpeas

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Author: Stephanie Rouillard

Prep time: 5 MinInactive time: 20 MinTotal time: 25 Min

This Quinoa Salad with roasted peppers, red onions, and a creamy tahini dressing is a vibrant, nutritious dish perfect for hosting. Check out links to store-bought options for quick and convenient ingredients when time is limited.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup uncooked red & white quinoa
• 2 medium red onions, peeled and sliced lengthways
• 2 medium sweet peppers, deseeded and sliced lengthways
• 1/2 tin chickpeas, drained
• 15g fresh coriander
• 100g Creamy Tahini & Yoghurt Drizzle (Woolworths)
• Sprinkle of Spice for Rice (Woolworths) (alternatively dried cumin and dried coriander spice)
• Garlic salt, salt and pepper to taste
• 30mls olive oil

Instructions

1. Cook quinoa according to packet instructions, or purchase Fully Cooked Sorghum & Quinoa Mix 250g (Woolworths).
2. While the quinoa is cooking, drizzle 15mls olive oil over the vegetables. Add garlic salt, salt and pepper to coat. Put in air-fryer at 180 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Check in at 10 minutes to ensure that the veg is not burning.
3. Set aside the quinoa and air-fried vegetables once cooked. Now air-fry your chickpeas. Drizzle 15mls olive oil over the chickpeas. Add Spice for Rice (Woolworths) to coat. Alternatively, add dried cumin, dried coriander, garlic salt, salt and pepper to coat. Put in air-fryer at 200 degrees for 10 minutes
4. Mix the cooked quinoa and roasted vegetables together. Drizzle over the Creamy Tahini & Yoghurt Drizzle (Woolworths). Garnish with fresh coriander and crunchy chickpeas.

Recommended Products

Fully Cooked Sorghum and Quinoa Mix 250 g

Spice for Rice 65 g

Tahini & Yoghurt Drizzle 180 g

Nutrition Facts

Calories

282.53

Fat

13.75 g

Sat. Fat

1.79 g

Carbs

28.5 g

Fiber

6.9 g

Net carbs

26.3 g

Sugar

4.05 g

Protein

8.89 g

Sodium

226.25 mg

Cholesterol

5.5 mg

Mediterranean, healthy, fresh, plant-based, winter

side, main, warm

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