Moroccan Carrot & Quinoa Salad
A flavoursome salad packed full of protein, fibre and healthy fats!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 people 1x
- Category: Salad
Ingredients
Scale
- 750 g carrots (, peeled and chopped into sticks)
- 800 g chickpeas (, drained and rinsed)
- 1 1/2 cups dried dates (, chopped roughly)
- 4 spring onions (, chopped)
- 1 cup fresh coriander (, roughly chopped)
- 1 1/2 cups quinoa (, cooked and chilled)
- 1/2 cup roasted pistachios (, shelled)
- Zest and juice of 2 limes
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli flakes or powder
- 2 tsp honey
- Salt and black pepper (, to taste)
- 3/4 cup crumbled feta or goats cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180ºC. Place carrots on the tray and drizzle with two tablespoons of the olive oil. Sprinkle with half of the cumin and roast for approximately 20 minutes, or until the carrots are soft. Remove from the oven and drizzle lightly with one teaspoon of honey, before setting aside and allowing to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a large serving bowl, combine cooked and chilled quinoa, chopped dates and chickpeas. When carrots have cooled, place on top of the quinoa mix, along with chopped spring onions, coriander and the pistachio nuts.
- To make the dressing, add the remaining olive oil, zest and juice of limes, remaining ground cumin, nutmeg, turmeric, chilli flakes, remaining honey and salt and pepper in a jar. Close lid and shake to combine.
- Before serving, sprinkle feta cheese over the top of the salad, along with the dressing and toss everything together.
Notes
- This salad is perfect on its own for lunch, or can be served alongside a piece of protein as a side dish.
- You could replace the quinoa with couscous (which I have tried and tested and can confirm that the salad still tastes great), however the addition of couscous would mean that the salad is no longer gluten free.
- Make this salad a day in advance – keep it covered and refrigerated and just add the cheese and dressing right before serving.
Find it online: https://eatnik.com.au/moroccan-carrot-and-quinoa-salad/