Crunchy vegetable salad with tempeh, mushrooms and quinoa

Crunchy vegetable salad with tempeh, mushrooms and quinoa

Gourmets will be delighted with this pretty salad: nutritious, crunchy, with summer flavours, lively, colourful - in short, a cocktail of ingredients carefully balanced for maximum pleasure. So bon appétit!

Meals Vegetarian, Vegan

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Ingredients

Portions: 4
100 g blond quinoa
100 g tempeh, diced
50 g brown button mushrooms, sliced
30 g yellow carrot, julienned
30 g orange carrot, julienned
50 g snow peas, halved
50 g courgette, sliced
40 g fine green beans, trimmed
30 g pomegranate seeds
20 g red onion, finely chopped
1 piece lime, juiced
1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
2 tbsp olive oil
1 pinch fine salt
1 pinch ground white pepper
10 g fresh coriander, chopped
10 g fresh mint, chopped

Preparation

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total: 35 min
  1. Rinse 100 g of blond quinoa under cold water. Cook in 200 ml of water until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
  2. In a pan, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add 100 g of diced tempeh and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  3. In the same pan, add another 1 tbsp of olive oil. Sauté 50 g of sliced brown button mushrooms until tender, about 4 minutes.
  4. In a large bowl, combine cooled quinoa, cooked tempeh, sautéed mushrooms, 30 g of julienned yellow carrot, 30 g of julienned orange carrot, 50 g of halved snow peas, 50 g of sliced courgette, 40 g of trimmed fine green beans, and 30 g of pomegranate seeds.
  5. For the dressing, mix 20 g of finely chopped red onion, juice of 1 lime, 1 tbsp of pomegranate molasses, a pinch of fine salt, and a pinch of ground white pepper. Pour over the salad and toss well.
  6. Garnish with 10 g of fresh coriander and 10 g of fresh mint before serving.