Enjoy this nutrient-packed salad, with juicy tomatoes and cucumber, as a delicious and healthy lunch.

1.    Ingredients

• 100g dried quinoa
• 75g parsley, kind of chopped
• 300g tomatoes, reduce into 1cm dice (no want to cast off the seeds)
• 100g cucumber, reduce into small dice
• For the dressing
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• Juice and zest 0.5 lemons
• Drop of vanilla extract
• 1 tsp rice syrup or agave
• Pinch of Himalayan pink salt
• ½ garlic clove, crushed
• 50g salad leaves, to serve

2.    Method

STEP 1

Cook the quinoa following percent instructions, and then set aside to cool.

STEP 2

Make the dressing through including the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, vanilla extract, rice syrup, pinch of salt and garlic right into a jug and whisk till smooth. Mix this into the quinoa and blend collectively with all of the different ingredients. Serve on a bed of salad leaves.