
Prawn and avocado quinoa salad
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Easy
- June 2008

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Serves 4
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Hands on time 25 mins
This low-cal prawn and avocado recipe is easy and is bursting with healthy fats.
- Calories
- 378kcals
- Fat
- 25g (5.9g saturated)
- Protein
- 21.3g
- Carbohydrates
- 17.9g (4.5g sugars)
- Salt
- 0.8g
Ingredients
- 100g quinoa
- 15g butter
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 350g raw prawns with tail-shells on
- 250g ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
- Bunch of fresh dill, chopped
- Bunch of flatleaf parsley, chopped
- 6 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 large ripe avocado, halved, stoned, peeled and sliced
- 50g Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- Juice of 1 lemon
Method
- Place the quinoa in a large pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes, until tender. Drain well and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat the butter in a large frying pan, add the garlic and prawns and cook for 3 minutes, until the prawns are cooked through.
- Place the prawns in a large bowl and stir in the tomatoes, dill, parsley, onions, avocado, chopped olives, extra-virgin olive oil and the lemon juice. Stir in the drained quinoa and season well to taste.
delicious. tips
Quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) is a tiny round grain from South America which, when cooked, has a lovely soft texture while still retaining its shape. It has a mild flavour, which absorbs whatever flavours you mix with it and lends itself wonderfully to herby citrus flavours. It’s perfect mixed with prawns and herbs – if you are barbecuing, then griddle the prawns instead and stir into the quinoa.
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