15 Min Vegetable Rice Quinoa Salad

I love quick and easy.

Which means I love this ready in 15 min veggie loaded rice and quinoa salad that has got weeknight suppers totally covered. I am talking a gazillion fresh crunchy vegetables (no cooking required) all mixed in with some brown rice and red quinoa (10 mins cooking required) and completed with a tiny splash of tamari soy sauce. Quick healthy goodness in a bowl. I hear your yummmmmmmms.

The cook in 10 mins rice and red quinoa are actually part of a fab hamper of quick cook grains I received from Clearspring. Their other products (especially their sushi rice, miso and noodles) have long been staples in my kitchen. I like using them as everything they produce is free from  GMO, artificial additives or refined ingredients and are organic as far as possible. And now that they have added these quick cook grains to their list, I like them even more.

Please use this salad recipe as a guide. Throw in whatever vegetables you have left in your fridge in whatever combination that you like. For meat eaters you can easily thrown in some chorizo or some quick grilled bacon.  This salad is also great for lunchboxes,  gluten free and vegan diets.

I made this the third time for an impromptu supper party a few weeks back when OH told me with 30 mins to spare that he had guests coming over. Luckily it worked well with the three left over sauces I had in the fridge ie pesto, lemon yoghurt and sweet chilli sauce.

So here is my quick vegetable quinoa rice salad recipe and I would love to know what variations you would have in yours.

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15 Min Vegetable Rice Quinoa Salad

A quick healthy vegetable loaded rice and quinoa salad that is gluten free, and wheat free

Author: Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

• ▢ 150 g (1 cup) Clearspring quick cook rice and quinoa
• ▢ 1-2 tbsp tamari
• ▢ 1 carrot grated
• ▢ 4 cherry tomatoes chopped
• ▢ 4 radishes sliced
• ▢ 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
• ▢ 2 spring onions scallions sliced
• ▢ 1 handful of salad greens

Instructions

• Add rice and quinoa into a pot of boiling water and simmer for 10 mins.
• Drain rice and quinoa mix and let cool.
• Add the rice and quinoa into a bowl and mix in all the other ingredients and serve.

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Notes

OH prefers the grains cooked for 15 mins so you can try that too and see what you prefer. Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side.

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