Summer fruit quinoa salad

Jazz up this good-for-you grain with some stone fruits like apricots, peaches and nectarines- add a little mint and parsley for colour and flavour

  • Prep:15 mins
    Cook:20 mins
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 236
  • fat 15g
  • saturates 2g
  • carbs 20g
  • sugars 8g
  • fibre 2g
  • protein 6g
  • salt 0g

Ingredients

  • 100g quinoa
  • 3 peaches or nectarines, or 6 apricots, diced
  • 50g toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
  • handful mint, roughly chopped
  • handful parsley, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • zest and juice 1 lemon

Tip

Seasonal fruit

You can use canned fruit instead of fresh if you're making this salad out of season. 

Method

  1. Put the quinoa in a medium saucepan and cover with 300ml water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins or until the quinoa is tender. Drain off any excess liquid and set aside to cool.

  2. Add the fruit, hazelnuts, herbs and seasoning to the cooled quinoa.

  3. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest and juice. Pour over the salad and mix thoroughly.

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