Monday, March 11, 2013

Quinoa with flowers




Quinoa with flowers

Ingredients
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
1 small carrot
1 small cucumber
1 bunch onion weed (or spring onions)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
juice from half a lemon
salt and pepper to taste
edible flowers

Cook one cup of quinoa with two cups of water for 20 minutes. In the meantime chop very finely a small carrot, a small cucumber and a bunch of onion weeds (or spring onions). Put the still hot quinoa into a serving bowl, add two tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, the chopped vegetables, the juice of half a lemon and salt and pepper to taste. This dish can be served warm or cold (yes, even if it has cucumber it can be served warm!). Just before serving add edible flowers: I used onion weed flowers, marigold, violets and bok choy flowers.





Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©

1 comment:

  1. Ciao Alessandra! Noi siamo grandissimi fan della quinoa. Limone e erbe varie la rendono insuperabile! Non possiamo che darti un grande "like" per questo piatto slurposo :-)!

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