Caprese salad with quinoa

Enjoy this colourful salad as a main meal, or side with grilled fish or chicken. With mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, it's full of the flavours of Italy

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Nutritional Information

Calories:358 kcal

Carbohydrate:21 g

Fat:25 g

Dietary Fiber:5 g

Protein:11 g

Saturated Fat:7 g

Sodium:0.4 mg

Sugar:5 g

Ingredients

6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

250g cooked quinoa

60g baby spinach shredded

1/2 cucumber diced

small bunch of basil leaves torn

125g buffalo mozzarella drained and sliced

3 large vine tomatoes at room temperature, sliced

Instructions

Step 1
Whisk the oil and vinegar with some salt and pepper in a small bowl. Tip the quinoa into another bowl, stir in the spinach, cucumber and half the basil. Mix in half the dressing and tip onto a serving platter.
Step 2
Top the salad with the mozzarella, tomatoes and remaining basil leaves. Grind over some black pepper and drizzle with the rest of the dressing.

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