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🍽️ Fresh Quinoa Salad with Feta and Olives

346 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g Quinoa
• 300 ml vegetable broth
• 1.5 red bell peppers
• 100 g black, pitted olives
• 1 red onion
• 150 g Feta
• 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• 1 tsp freshly chopped mint
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 handful watercress

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the quinoa grains under running water until the water runs clear.
2. 2. Bring the vegetable broth to a boil in a pot.
3. 3. Add the rinsed quinoa to the boiling broth.
4. 4. Simmer the pot covered on low heat for about 15 minutes.
5. 5. Remove the pot from the heat and drain the quinoa if any water remains.
6. 6. Let the quinoa cool down completely.
7. 7. Wash the bell pepper and cut it in half lengthwise.
8. 8. Remove the seeds and white inner membranes from the bell pepper.
9. 9. Cut the bell pepper into thin strips.
10. 10. Halve the olives.
11. 11. Peel the onion and slice it into thin strips.
12. 12. Cut the feta cheese into small cubes.
13. 13. Mix the cooled quinoa with the chopped herbs (parsley and mint), onion strips, olives, and bell pepper strips.
14. 14. Fold in the feta cubes.
15. 15. Season the salad with lime juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste.
16. 16. Fill the salad into small bowls.
17. 17. Garnish the bowls with watercress.
18. 18. Serve the salad immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 346
• Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 20 g · Carbs: 28 g