If legumes are also for summer, salads also have their place in the autumn and winter table. The only thing you have to change are the ingredients and adapt them to seasonal products, and also to flavors and textures that our bodies ask for more at this time.
For it to be a very complete dish that will serve dinners and lunches, both at home and at work, a salad must be nutritious and satiating, but light digestionthat leaves us satisfied and without that feeling of emptiness that we sometimes get when we settle for the typical boring iceberg lettuce and tomato salad.
The quinoa, sweet potato and feta cheese salad is perfect for this season, full of contrasts of colors, flavors and textures, and great for using up leftovers if we have them in the fridge. I like to cook quinoa in the microwave for dishes like this, because it is in a few minutes and it is perfect, with the grain loose and slightly crunchy, just the point we look for in a salad.
Of course, we can use rice, couscous, millet or even some instead. cooked legumewhich would in fact be the best substitute because with quinoa we also add proteins and amino acids that the most common cereals do not have.
The sweet potato cubes and tomatoes are cooked in the pan to go faster, although They would be great in the oven also. The garlic chips are optional, although absolutely recommended for that extra touch of flavor and crunchy touch, which combines so well with the fresh and saline flavor of the feta cheese.
Don’t you have sweet potato? Uses pumpkin. Do you have an apple or a pear that needs to be left in the fridge? Add it without problems. Do you want it to be more satiating? Add a handful of walnuts, almonds, pine nuts or toasted hazelnuts. Fan of bitters? Replaces the mesclun by arugula. The options are endless.
William | White quinoa – 1kg package. | Superfood | High nutritional power | Rich in iron
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