{"id":493,"date":"2014-08-25T09:29:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=493"},"modified":"2014-08-25T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T08:04:03","slug":"easy-quinoa-salad-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/easy-quinoa-salad-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy quinoa salad recipe with pine nuts and pomegranate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Quinoa, pine nut and pomegranate salad\u00a0<b>by @TianaTweets<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Spring is coming. Can I get a hell yeah? This easy quinoa salad is the perfect accompaniment alongside a piece of fish, it\u2019s also something delicious to feed your vegan friends. What I love most about it is how it feels in your mouth \u2013 the pop of the pomegranate rubies, the crunch of the nuts, and the earthy, lemony quinoa all give this salad some real zing. A simple, easy recipe that is sure to be a crowd pleaser.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>1 cup quinoa<\/p>\n<p>1 punnet fresh mint<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup raw pine nuts<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup fresh pomegranate rubies<\/p>\n<p>1 lemon<\/p>\n<p>Chives, fresh or freeze-dried<\/p>\n<p>Parsley, fresh or freeze-dried<\/p>\n<p>Walnut or macadamia oil<\/p>\n<p>Salt<\/p>\n<p>Boil the quinoa according to the packet instructions (tip: when it starts to split and look like tiny worms, it is ready) and let cool. Quickly, and cautiously, toast the pine nuts in a hot oven or in a dry pan. In a separate bowl, add the zest and juice of one lemon. Mix in the pomegranate rubies. Finely chop some chives and parsley and add into the mixing bowl. Lastly add in the (cooled) pine nuts and mix in the quinoa. Tear apart the larger mint leaves, keeping the smaller ones in tact, and combine them with the salad last \u2013 it\u2019s important that all the ingredients are cool when you add the mint, else it they will turn black. Add a glug of the oil of your choice, salt to flavour and serve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37822\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37822 \" title=\"Spring Recipe: Quinoa, pine nut and pomegranate salad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"Quinoa, pine nut and pomegranate salad\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quinoa, pine nut and pomegranate salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinoa, pine nut and pomegranate salad\u00a0by @TianaTweets Spring is coming. Can I get a hell yeah? This easy quinoa salad is the perfect accompaniment alongside a piece of fish, it\u2019s also something delicious to feed your vegan friends. What I love most about it is how it feels in your mouth \u2013 the pop of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}