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Sweet Potato, Pomegranate And Quinoa Salad

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Simple and quick to make and full of flavour, this nutritious, colourful salad will leave your taste buds mesmerised. Its makes a perfect lunch to re-energise you ready for the afternoon. It also makes an awesome pre or post gym workout meal.  Enjoy this super-nutritious recipe

INGREDIENTS:

Serves 4:
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes

  • 1 pak choi

  • 200g of fresh beansprouts

  • 1 whole pomegranate

  • 1 red pepper

  • 1 red oinion

  • 100g of quinoa (dried weight)

  • 2 cloves of garlic

  • 1 teaspoon of dried chilli flakes

  • 30ml of tamari or liquid aminos

  •  juice of half a lime

  • 10ml of coconut oil

  • pink himalayan salt

METHOD:

  • Firstly stand your coconut oil in hot water to melt it into liquid form to make it easier


    to apply for cooking with

  • Dice your sweet potatoes into approximatly 2cm sized pieces and place onto a baking


    tray coating in 5ml of your melted coconut oil and a pinch of salt. Mix well to make sure


    all the sweet potato is coated with oil

  • Bake on 180C for 15-20 minutes. The sweet potato should be cooked but not soft so


    that it keeps its shape when mixed into your salad

  • Bring your 100g of quinoa to the boil in 400ml of water and simmer for 5 minutes


    Then remove from the heat and set to one side to finish cooking and allow it to cool. You


    may want to transfer to a tray after it has been standing for ten minutes as it will cool


    down faster. Season with a pinch of salt

  • De-seed your pomegranate by cutting it into 2 and hitting the outside of the fruit


    with a spoon holding the cut side down. This is a very quick and easy way to de-seed a


    pomegranate

  • Then to start bringing your salad together place a large frying pan onto a high heat with


    the other 5ml of your coconut oil and add in you finely chopped garlic, red oinoin and


    red pepper

  • When this has softened add your tamari, chilli flakes and lime juice to the pan and


    cook for a further 2 minutes and take off the heat

  • Snap the leaves from your pak choi and add these into the pan whilst it is still hot and


    stir them in so they slightly wilt

  • Add in your beansprouts, quinoa and sweet potato

  • Mix together well and serve garnishing on top with your pomegranate seeds



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