I was inspired by a cold quinoa salad that my cousin made for me at the cottage a couple of weeks back. This Asian inspired snack is both healthy and absolutely delicious. Try it out for yourself and make these quinoa hand rolls today!
Quinoa Hand Roll
Ingredients:
3 sheets toasted nori
1 cup uncooked quinoa – rinsed
1 red bell pepper – diced
1 english cucumber – diced
2 large handfulls of baby spinach – roughly chopped
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley – chopped
1/4 cup pickled ginger
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts (optional)
Dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
2 1/2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup soy sauce or tamari
2 or 3 garlic cloves – minced
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh ginger – grated
3 tablespoons cold water
Instructions:
- Boil 2 cups of water, then stir in quinoa. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered for approximately 15 minutes.
- Remove quinoa from the heat to cool slightly.
- In the meantime, combine all ingredients for the dressing in a mason jar. Shake well.
- Once the quinoa has cooled slightly, add the cucumber, red pepper, pickled ginger, spinach, toasted pine nuts and parsley as well as 3/4 cup of the dressing. You can always add more dressing later, or use the left over on salad or as a dipping sauce.
- Put the quinoa in the fridge for about half an hour so it can soak in all of the flavours and cool down even more.
- Eat as is or create a cone shape with a piece of nori and stuff the quinoa mixture inside. Check out the recipe for Frushi (fruit sushi) dessert that is a perfect accompaniment to this meal! (Click Here for Frushi Recipe)
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