It's been a while since I brought you all a new recipe, and well this isn't new but it's my own variation on what is quickly becoming a very popular grain. Quinoa (pronounced anyway you feel like it) is one of my favourite things to eat. Never having been a big fan of couscous, simply because it's too easy to make a mess, quinoa has filled that gap in my life. It used to be quite expensive and only available at heath food stores but it has made quite a headway in the market in recent years. You caaaan find it in normal grocery stores now but it is more likely to be cheaper, and probably better, from a health food store. It really depends where you live as to what your supermarkets stock.
Anyway, here is my most recent salad creation with the delicious quinoa.
Serves 2-3 people for lunch
Ingredients
2/3cup quinoa
1 1/3 cup water
1 lebanese cucumber, finely diced
1 tomato, finely diced
1 red chilli (as hot or mild as you like), chopped roughly with out without seeds
3 shallots, finely chopped
1/2 sweet potato, chopped into bite size pieces and roasted (can be done anytime before)
250g prosciutto, chopped and briefly warmed in a frying pan
Dressing
1/4 cup tahini
juice of one lemon
salt and pepper
water to thin mixture
