Salmon and quinoa tzatziki salad
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Easy
- April 2014
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Serves 1
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Hands-on time 15 mins
Dale Pinnock’s healthy salmon and quinoa tzatziki salad is cooling and refreshing, and best of all, the combination of ingredients has a stabilising effect on your blood sugar.
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- Calories
- 553kcals
- Fat
- 24.6g (5.4g saturated)
- Protein
- 48.7g
- Carbohydrates
- 34.3g (9.8g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.8g
- Salt
- 0.5g
Ingredients
- 50g red and white quinoa
- ¼ cucumber, very finely chopped
- ½ small bunch fresh mint, leaves coarsely chopped
- 75g natural yogurt
- 1 bunch fresh flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
- 1 cooked, sustainably sourced salmon fillet
Method
- Put the quinoa in a saucepan and cover with freshly boiled water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender. Drain well.
- Mix together the chopped cucumber, mint and yogurt to make a creamy tzatziki. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir the parsley into the cooked quinoa. Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a lunch box. Put the salmon fillet on top and add a generous dollop of tzatziki. Store in the fridge until ready to eat.
delicious. tips
To use a raw salmon fillet, heat a little oil in a pan and fry the fish, skin-side down, over a medium heat for 5 minutes. Turn over and fry for a further 2 minutes. Set aside to cool.
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