Quinoa salad with avocado and mango

AUTHOR
Kristopher Marks
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3.4 9
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 200 g Quinoa
  • 1 (approx. 450 g) Mango
  • 1 red onion
  • 50 g Frisée salad
  • 50 g Rocket
  • 2 Mini cucumbers (approx. 150 g each)
  • 1 big red chili pepper
  • 5-6 Stem(s) flat leaf parsley
  • 3-4 Stem(s) Mint
  • 1 Orange
  • 1 Lemon
  • 1 TABLESPOON Honey
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp freshly ground pepper
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Rapeseed oil
  • 1 (approx. 175 g) Avocado

Directions

  1. 1

    Place the quinoa in a sieve, rinse and cook according to the instructions on the packet. Meanwhile cut the mango from the stone. Peel and chop the flesh. Peel and halve the onion and cut into fine strips.

  2. 2

    Clean the salad, wash and spin dry, possibly pulling it to pieces. Cucumbers clean, wash, grate dry and cut or slice into thin slices. Clean chili, cut lengthwise, wash and remove seeds.

  3. 3

    Cut the pod into small pieces. Wash parsley and mint, shake dry and pluck off leaves. Chop the herbs coarsely, except for a few leaves for garnishing.

  4. 4

    Cut orange and lemon in half, squeeze juice and, except for 1 tbsp., mix with honey, chilli and onion, season to taste with salt and pepper. Fold in oil in a thin stream. Drain quinoa and rinse with cold water.

  5. 5

    Halve the avocado. Remove the core, remove the flesh from the skin and cut into slices. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon lemon juice.

  6. 6

    Mix vinaigrette with cucumber, mango, salad, chopped herbs and quinoa, season with salt and pepper. Carefully fold in the avocado. Arrange salad in a bowl and garnish with remaining herbs, sprinkle with pepper.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
480 kcal
CARBS
51 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
9 g