Quinoa Fruit Salad with Coconut-Passionfruit Cream

You may remember last week I made a savoury quinoa tabouli salad with chicken and grapefruit. And now this week I have a sweet quinoa fruit salad for you. That’s the great thing about quinoa- it’s very versatile and can be made into a number of dishes, both sweet and savoury. I’ve made this into a paleo/primal friendly, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free recipe by using quinoa which is gluten free and coconut cream instead of dairy-cream but which is just nice. I hope you give quinoa a go and try one of these recipes.

Quinoa Fruit Salad with Coconut-Passionfruit Cream

Ingredients:

• 2-3 T. red quinoa, soaked overnight in water
• 1 C. fruit of your choice: I used6 strawberries, 1/4 pineapple, 1/2 pear
• 1 passionfruit
• a handful of almonds, soaked in water overnight (you can try adding different nuts and seeds as well)
• 2 T. coconut cream

How to:

1. Rinse the quinoa in a fine mesh strainer until the water runs clear and not soapy (this is due to the saponins). Add the quinoa plus about a cup of water to a saucepan and cook until soft and the tails become exposed from the quinoa (around 5-10 minutes). Drain the water and set aside.
2. Drain and rinse the almonds and pat them dry with paper towel.
3. Prepare your fruit: I sliced the strawberries, and cubed the pineapple and pear. Add the fruit to your bowl and stir in the quinoa and almonds.
4. To make the coconut-passionfruit cream: simply stir together the coconut cream and the passionfruit. Then dollop it on top of your quinoa fruit salad and enjoy!

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Michelle

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