Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa And Black Bean Salad

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Delicious roasted sweet potato, pumpkin, quinoa and black bean salad, or just roasted sweet potato and black bean salad. Also known as roasted sweet potato and black bean salad recipe

As you may have seen, I’m delighted with how black bean is tasty, and nutritious. It comes originally from South America. Maybe that was the power behind all those ancient South American empires.

Spices needed

a small red onion
1 clove of garlic
a half teaspoon of smoked paprika for veggies
a quarter teaspoon of smoked paprika for dressing
Half teaspoons ground cumin for veggies
a quarter teaspoon of ground cumin for dressing
quarter of a teaspoon of chill powder for veggies
half quarter of chili powder for veggies
salt and pepper of veggies to taste, or otherwise
olive oil and lime juice for dressing

Other ingredients for this dish

Olive oil for baking dish
pepper to your taste
Finely cubed, medium size, orange, sweet potato & pumpkin
a cup of finely chopped pumpkin
one cup of uncooked quinoa
1 fresh red capsicum chopped finely
1 medium to large cob of fresh corn
parsley to garnish… preferably continental
half a Cos lettuce
a tin of cooked black beans (ideally organic).

Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa And Black Bean Salad Ingredients

Black Bean Salad & Sweet Potato ingredients

Roasted sweet potato quinoa and black bean salad ingredients.

Cooking quinoa for your …

Start by cooking the quinoa.
Cook it just as if if were white rice.
So, put it in a saucepan and cover with water to the depth of a finger laid across the top of quinoa in the saucepan
Then, bring it to the boil & then turn down to a very low simmer
Takes about 15 minutes
It’s done when it fluffs up and dries out so it not wet and watery.

Cooked quinoa to the point where it fluffs up, but is soft, and a bit crunchy (but not hard in any way).

How To: Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa And Black Bean Salad

pre-heat oven to 200 Celsius
place veg in baking dish, add 2 tablespoons of olive and coat vegetables with cumin, paprika, and chili flakes, and stir it in.
salt and pepper if you want
cook vegetables until cooked, but not mushy
rise and drain black beans
in a large bowl, add cooked quinoa, black beans, corn, capsicum, chopped onion, and mix well
Add roasted vegatables
mix a dressing olive oil, lime juice, cumin, turmeric, chili, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste
pour dressing on salad
serve by itself or with cos lettuce. It works well to spoon it into the fresh leaves.

Final Roasted Sweet Potato Quinoa And Black Bean Salad

Final dish: roasted sweet potato and black bean salad recipe, with quinoa.

Recipes Extra tips and comments

Black bean is very filling, and nutritious. So the salad can be a meal in itself.
But, you can also eat other dishes with it, such as Flametree’s chick pea and lentil curry menu. It’s also in the picture below.

Lunch is served

Served with lettuce leaf because its delicious to hold the salad in the lettuce leaf. See at bottom of picture. Perfect for Cos Lettuce that you can often get organic at Woolies organic section.