avocado and quinoa salad with toasted sweetcorn

Avocado and quinoa salad with toasted sweetcorn

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This vegan, lactose-free, gluten-free and egg/soy free quinoa salad is a nutritious summer side dish or snack filled with avocados, sweetcorn and nuts. Delicious!

Special diets: Vegetarian | vegan | lactose-free | gluten-free | eggs-free | soy-free |

️‍Allergens: nuts |

⏱ 34 mins – easy

🍽 2 servings – 539 kcal per serving

Serving

317g

Fat

30g

Sat. fat

3g

Sodium

33mg

Carbs

68g

Fibers

23g

Sugars

7g

Proteins

15g


INGREDIENTS

  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 3 oz quinoa
  • 5 oz frozen sweetcorn
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 oz cherry tomatoes
  • 2 oz coriander
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 lime
  • 1 half red chili pepper
  • 1 avocado
  • ¼ oz brazil nuts
  • ¼ oz almonds
  • ¼ oz hazelnuts
  • ¼ oz pecans
  • ¼ oz walnuts

TOOLS

  • 1 knife
  • 1 sieve
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 frying pan
  • 1 squeezer
  • 1 zester
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 bowl
  • 2 plate

STEPS

Chop spring onions, coriander, and red chili peppers, then cut lime in half.


Zest lime halves with a zester.


Squeeze the zested lime with a squeezer.


Cut an avocado in half.


Destone avocado halves with a spoon.


Slice peeled avocado and cut cherry tomatoes into quarters.


Rinse quinoa in a sieve. Heat 1.7 cups of water in a saucepan, then add rinsed quinoa and cook on low heat for 6 minutes. Then, turn off the heat to get a cooked quinoa.


Transfer cooked quinoa to a sieve and rinse with water.


In the same sieve, drain the quinoa.


Transfer the quinoa to a bowl.


Put the frozen sweetcorn in a frying pan and stir with a wooden spoon for 6 minutes, then turn off the heat to get a toasted sweetcorn.


Transfer the toasted sweetcorn to a plate.


Combine olive oil, tomatoes, sweetcorn, coriander, lime zest, chili pepper, and onions in a large bowl with a wooden spoon.


Transfer avocado slices to the bowl. Stir in brazil nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts, and lime juice to the bowl with a spoon to get an avocado-nut mixture.


Mix the avocado-nut mixture with a spoon, then serve to a plate.


It’s ready to be served !


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