Quinoa Amongst Crimson Lentils, Swiss Chard, Feta, Mint & Pistachios

By Jeannette Ordas of Everybody likes Sandwiches

Recently my hubby had come upward habitation of late amongst several bunches of organic mint. I didn't know quite what to utilisation amongst it all, thus I made a whiskey sour amongst lots of mint (which I of late learned is called a Whisky Smash) as well as pondered my abrupt mint bonanza. 

Luckily, I spied a repast online that looked promising. And thus I re-jigged the recipe based on what I had on mitt as well as got to work. 

This salad is a flake of a funny one. Wilted chard as well as cherry-red lentils are something you lot don't typically discovery inwards a warm salad, but it works. The mass of the salad - quinoa, lentils as well as chard - are all good as well as good. Filling, salubrious as well as tasty. But it's the mint that actually makes the salad. 

Do non exit out the mint. The mint is essential here. 

Plus, the mint, feta as well as pistachios all tending brand this salad pretty slowly on the eyes equally well. 

Quinoa amongst Red Lentils, Swiss Chard, Feta, Mint & Pistachios

(adapted from Dana Treat)

1 loving cup quinoa (red or yellow)

two loving cup vegetable or chicken stock

1 loving cup cherry-red lentils

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cherry-red onion, finely diced

two cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon aleppo pepper

pinch of kosher salt

1 bunch Swiss Chard, ribs removed as well as sliced thinly

juice of two lemons

two tablespoons olive oil

freshly dry soil dark pepper

1 bunch mint, leaves torn

1/4 loving cup feta, crumbled

1/4 loving cup salted pistachios, roughly chopped

In a medium, heavy bottomed pot, toast the quinoa over medium-high rut for close 2- iii minutes until lightly toasted, shaking the pan often. Add inwards the stock as well as convey to a boil. Turn downwardly rut as well as simmer over depression until the liquid has been absorbed. Fluff amongst a fork as well as dump into a large serving bowl. 

In the same pot, add together inwards cherry-red lentils as well as encompass amongst mutual frigidity water. Bring to a boil as well as thus plough rut downwardly to medium-low as well as laid until the lentils are simply tender, 10 minutes or so. Don't allow the lentils laid also long or they'll plough to mush. Drain as well as add together to the quinoa.

In a skillet, add together olive stone oil as well as sauté the cherry-red onion as well as garlic until soft but non brownish over medium-high heat. Add inwards a pinch of salt, the aleppo pepper, as well as the swiss chard. Cook downwardly as well as allow it acquire slightly wilty. Remove from rut as well as allow it cool downwardly slightly. 

Add the chard mixture into the bowl of quinoa as well as lentils as well as toss well. Stir inwards the lemon juice as well as olive stone oil along amongst a grind of freshly dry soil dark pepper. Toss inwards the mint as well as feta as well as thus meridian amongst the pistachios. Serves 6.

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