Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

This is a superb salad packed with so much flavour and it is really simple to prepare. Beetroot and goats cheese is a wedding meant to last!

My friend / neighbour here in Lagos is the queen of salad and she is so creative with simple ingredients. We had a wonderful dinner one weekend and she presented this unreal salad to us all nonchalantly. You know… “just something she came up with while looking at some ingredients she had in the house.” There was another salad, but more about that in the near future. All I can say is both salads shared first prize (and there were South African lamb chops on the menu, too).  

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

She only laughs when I tell her she should start writing down her recipes and steps and write her own book on healthy living and share all her great recipes with the rest of us. She says she can’t cook, but she does not give herself enough credit.  All the meals from her kitchen has been great!  Thanks, Willemien, I will never forget your crazy salad and side dishes combinations. 

Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

If you decide to serve this as individual starters, reduce the amount of quinoa. If you are serving this as a side dish with a main meal you can keep the 2 cups quinoa. Also, if you are serving many side dishes with this, this salad will be enough for 6 – 8 people. 

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Red Quinoa, Sweet Potato and Balsamic Roasted Beetroot Salad

 

Roasted Pumpkin, Sun-dried Tomato Pesto and Rocket Salad

Roasted Pumpkin, Sun-dried Tomato Pesto and Rocket Salad

The Pumpkin turns into a Prince

The combination of pumpkin and sun-dried tomato is really remarkable. The cream cheese brings in a creamy element, the rocket contributes to the freshness, earthiness, and peppery element of the salad. The toasted almonds adds a crunch, and the heat of the chilly flakes lifts the whole dish.

If you know you’ll be under a lot of pressure to prepare a salad for Friday night’s dinner party, this is a really basic deconstructed salad to prepare, but very compelling in flavour. A bonus is that you can start prepping the day before your dinner party. Adjust the recipe according to the number of guests, there really is no wrong or right when it comes to the ingredients.

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Herby Millet & Chicken Salad Bowls

Herby Millet & Chicken Salad Bowls

Hearty soups vs. crunchy salads

I know it is winter and we are all hungry for hearty, warm soups and stews and LOADS of bread to serve it with, but sometimes, in our house, we get tired of it and crave something raw, crunchy and light. Yesterday was a raw, light ‘n crunchy kinda day.

Smoothie Bowls & Salad Bowls

I am sure you have seen the smoothie bowl trend that has been making its rounds. These are just the savoury, vegetable brothers of those sweet, colourful bowls. Do yourself a favour and feast your eyes on these colourful delights – #smoothiebowls.

These attractive bowls of salad are packed with all the goodness of a typical salad, but presented in a different, somewhat neater, more orderly way. It is lovely and green and makes my husband happy! CONTINUE READING