Moroccan Inspired Carrot Quinoa Salad

Summer is almost here in Australia and I couldn't be more excited! It feels like we have had a long and rainy winter here in Perth and even though we have a warm winter compared to the Northern hemisphere I missed the warmth, the sunshine, eating salads and drinking smoothies. After 9 years in Australia I am not used to being cold anymore. 

I made this pretty delicious Moroccan inspired quinoa salad a few weekends ago based on an old recipe of mine on the blog but I changed up some of the ingredients so I thought I would post the new recipe here. This salad includes all my favourite ingredients together pretty much and when we were eating this with my hubby I said "it just needs chickpeas and this is me on a plate!" I could eat this salad every week and I am planning to make it again this weekend.  

Moroccan Inspired Carrot Quinoa Salad

Serves 4.

Ingredients:

•       3 cups of cooked quinoa

•       3 grated carrots

•       1/3 cup of chopped almonds

•       1/4 cup dried sultanas

•       ½ lemon juiced

•       2-3 tbsp of cumin powder

•       1 tbsp of coriander seeds (optional)

•       ½ pomegranate

•       1 bunch of coriander and mint leaves

•       1 tbsp of olive oil

•       2 tsp of sea salt

Steps:

1.  Cook the quinoa in advance and leave to cool down;
2. Add the grated carrots, chopped almonds, sultanas, spices, olive oil and lemon juice to the quinoa and mix it all well together.
3. Top with the coriander and mint leaves, extra almonds and pomegranate seeds.

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