Mediterranean salad with quinoa, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and artichoke

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25min

Easy

This Mediterranean salad is packed with flavors and textures—pure happiness on your plate! With a mix of fresh greens straight from the field, crunchy quinoa, and a delicious vinaigrette with mustard, anchovies, and capers, this is a true meal salad. The combination of sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and artichoke will put you in a vacation mood, as if we’re no longer in Belgium!

Not a fan of blue cheese? Feel free to replace it with feta, mozzarella, or grilled halloumi.

This Mediterranean salad is packed with flavors and textures—pure happiness on your plate! With a mix of fresh greens straight from the field, crunchy quinoa, and a delicious vinaigrette with mustard, ...
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Ingredients

What do you need?

Quantity: 4P

Salad: 

  • 150 g quinoa, rinsed and cooked
  • 700 g mixed lettuce (rocket, mizuna, leaf lettuce, lamb's lettuce, barbarakers, etc.)
  • 1 handful of sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 handful of olives, halved
  • 1 jar of artichokes in oil, drained and cut into pieces
  • 250 g Jersey blue cheese (or alternative of your choice)
  • 1 tbsp capers

Vinaigrette with mustard, anchovies and capers: 

  • 4 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp mustard
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • Salt and pepper to taste

 

  • 4 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp mustard
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Leaf
Make it veggie!

Leave out the cheese and anchovies and add extra herbs and a splash of lemon juice to the dressing.

Preparation method

How do you make this?

How to cook quinoa:Rinse the quinoa and cook according to the instructions on the package. Let it cool.

Prepare lettuce:Wash and dry the lettuce and divide over a large bowl.

Making the vinaigrette:Finely chop the anchovies and mix with the mustard, pomegranate molasses, olive oil, sea salt, grated garlic, salt and pepper.

Compose:
Divide the quinoa over the lettuce.
Add the sun-dried tomatoes, olives, artichokes and capers.
Crumble the blue cheese over it (or replace with feta, mozzarella or halloumi).

Mixing & serving:Sprinkle the salad with the vinaigrette and mix well. Serve immediately.

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