Quinoa is so versatile. You can do pretty much anything with it – make quinoa upma, use in salads or even soups and also use to make burgers.! Truly versatile. Plus so healthy for you. Hence I always have a stock of quinoa on hand in my pantry. It’s one of my favorite and ‘easy to make lunch specials’ for work.
Two weeks ago I went ‘nectarine picking’. Yes all by myself – well not quite I guess since rest of the family waited in the car while I was determined to pick my favorite nectarines and peaches even though it was pouring cats and dogs. Well people, it was the last weekend for peaches and how could I not pick?
Anyways I made a delicious minty quinoa salad with nectarines and oranges! For the dressing, I used a dash of harissa paste, which has coriander and cilantro in lime juice and olive oil. So what if summer has come to an end and fall is ‘falling’ upon us. I want to retain the summery feeling for now and continue to bask in it for some more time….
Reblogged this on Caliche Challenge and commented:
Hiker’s salad recommended by Indus International Kitchen. Now all I need to do is pick up some harissa and walnuts.
[…] ways as an upma which is a south indian dish made from semolina or in salads my favorite being the citrusy one. This time I had beets lying in my refrigerator and on an impulse, decided to add those to the […]
This looks so delicious, and is a beautiful dish of yum!
yes it was absolutely delicious! So easy and healthy too! Cant go wrong with that right? 🙂
What a delicious looking salad..:)
Love this!
thanks Lori!
Mmmm, I love Quinoa – you can use it in so many dishes it blends itself so well to so much. Liking this salad too.
thanks Anna. yes quiona really blends well with many things! 🙂