<\/a>This recipe is for a great tasting alternative way to create a quinoa salad.\u00a0 If you’re new to quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah), this is a great first-time recipe.\u00a0 Quinoa is one of those perfect whole grains to have on hand.\u00a0 It’s nutritious, high in protein and it’s faster to prepare than brown rice. <\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 cup quinoa, rinsed
\n1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1\/2-inch cubes, all around the same size
\n3 1\/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
\n1\/3 cup pine nuts
\n4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
\n2 teaspoons honey
\n1\/4 teaspoon salt
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
\n1\/2 teaspoon ground cumin
\n1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon
\n1\/3 cup dried cranberries
\n4 scallions, sliced<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 400\u00baF.<\/p>\n

Place the quinoa into a small saucepan and add 2 cups of water.\u00a0 Bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes, or until the water is evaporated.\u00a0 Turn off the heat and let quinoa sit covered for at least one hour or, preferably, for three hours.<\/p>\n

Place the sweet potato cubes into a roasting pan and toss with 1\/2 tablespoon of the olive oil.\u00a0 Bake for 25 minutes, or until you can just pierce the cubes with a fork.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/p>\n

Place the pine nuts into a small pan over medium heat, stirring often, until lightly toasted.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/p>\n

Place the remaining three tablespoons of olive oil into a small bowl with the vinegar, honey salt, pepper, cumin and cinnamon.\u00a0 Whisk well.<\/p>\n

When the quinoa is dry, use a whisk to break apart the seeds and place into a large bowl.\u00a0 Add half the vinaigrette and mix with the whisk.\u00a0 Add more to taste, depending on how wet you like your quinoa (I add it all).\u00a0 Add the sweet potatoes, pine nuts, cranberries and scallions and mix gently.\u00a0 Serve at room temperature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This recipe is for a great tasting alternative way to create a quinoa salad.\u00a0 If you’re new to quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah), this is a great first-time recipe.\u00a0 Quinoa is one of those perfect whole grains to have on hand.\u00a0 It’s nutritious, high in protein and it’s faster to prepare than brown rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteregofitness.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}