Thursday, October 22, 2009

Super Quinoa Salad




according to Wikipedia, quinoa is being considered a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights.

2/3 cup quinoa
2 Tbs olive oil
1 tsp whole cumin seeds
300g kumara (sweet potato) - chopped in biggish chunks
80g dried cranberries
6 cherry tomatoes - chopped
Handful salad leaves

1) Boil quinoa in 1 1/2cups water, remove from heat after 10 mins to absorb water. Add olive oil & season with salt & pepper, add cumin seeds & set aside to cool.
2) Grill or shallow fry kumara till tender.
3) Toss rest of the ingredience