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I came up with this quinoa bowl/salad hybrid because although it’s Spring, I can’t quite bring myself to eat a real salad while it’s still wet and miserable. To find a nice balance between raw, crunchy, warm and comforting, I mixed roasted squash and warm quinoa with pea shoots, orange, crunchy pumpkin seeds and a sunshine-y lemon thyme vinaigrette.
Ingredients
- 1/2 c quinoa, uncooked
- 1 1/4 c water
- 1 acorn squash, peeled and cubed
- a few glugs of avocado oil for roasting the squash
- 1 large orange, peeled, sectioned and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- one handful toasted pumpkin seeds
- 50 g pea shoots
- pepper
- salt
Dressing
- 1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- 1/4 c lemon juice
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1/4 c fresh thyme, diced
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel, remove seeds and cube the squash. Toss squash with avocado oil, salt and pepper and roast for 20 minutes.
- Add quinoa and water to a saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and let simmer until water has evaporated and quinoa is cooked and fluffy.
- While quinoa is cooking, prepare the dressing by mixing all ingredients together in a mason jar. Adjust to taste.
- Once quinoa and squash are cooked toss with pea shoots, orange and pumpkin seeds. Mix in desired amount of dressing.
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