“A Crunchy & Chewy Salad”! with red quinoa, grapes, & feta.
Author:With Added Love
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:15 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Yield:4 persons 1x
Ingredients
Scale
4 tbsp olive oil
50 g oat flakes
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
175 g red quinoa
1 small head of romaine lettuce
150 g seedless red grapes
150 g seedless white grapes
black olives
100 g feta
Instructions
in a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil, stir fry oat flakes until golden brown.
pour 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar & salt & freshly ground pepper sparingly. Stir well until all moisture evaporated.
tips: oat flakes gets burned very fast, be watchful & remove pan from heat & empty onto a plate quickly to avoid continual heat overheating oat flakes. allow to cool on plate.
in a frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil & stir fry quinoa for 2 minutes.
pour 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, add 350 ml water, & some salt. cover pan & let quinoa simmer, about 8 minutes.
remove lid, turn heat to high temperature, continue stirring until all moisture evaporated, quinoas should look “partially popped”. let quinoa cool to lukewarm or completely.
mix quinoa, sliced lettuce, halved grapes, olives, & feta cubes on a large plaid.
sprinkle extra oil & balsamic vinegar on salad to like.
