This is a short and sweet post to welcome in the weekend.
While idly browsing some food blogs, I came across this recipe for Dried Cherry Quinoa Salad on Where's The Beef? by Cindy and Michael. I have had some quinoa from FFwD around the house for a while, and thought this would be a perfect way to use some more of it.
My substitutions - I used red quinoa instead of white, I used lentils instead of chickpeas (because I thought my can of lentils was a can of chickpeas!), and use dried cranberries instead of dried cherries.
Verdict super tasty - and don't skip the dried fruit, as this is what made it for me. Just when I thought I couldn't stand any more quinoa, along came a dried cranberry to sweeten things up - perfect.
Have a great weekend.
8 comments:
That looks good and pretty! I have never had red quinoa, maybe this is the time to search that out and give it a go.
The lentils sound like a tasty substitution in this dish! Great short and sweet post!
I've never used red quinoa, only white. I wonder what the difference is?
This sounds good. I've only had quinoa warm, but a cold salad sounds like a great change.
Nice coincidence since I just bought a ton of quinao at the market today! This sounds just lovely!
I love lentils in salad - sounds delicious
Yay, glad you liked it! We remade it recently and funnily enough also used canned lentils instead of chickpeas.
I definitely agree that it's the dried berries that make it, we never skimp on them. :-D
It's a great recipe, thanks Cindy
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