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• 1 cup cooked edamame<\/li>\n
• 1 carrot shredded<\/li>\n
• 1 cup cooked white navy beans or black beans<\/li>\n
• a handful of cooked chickpeas<\/li>\n
• \u00bd cup thinly shredded red cabbage<\/li>\n
• 1 mango cubed<\/li>\n
• \u00bd cup raw cashew nuts<\/li>\n
• 1 small red onion thinly sliced<\/li>\n
• 2 Mandarin oranges segmented<\/li>\n
• 4 cloves roasted and smashed garlic<\/li>\n
• 2 tablespoons fresh shredded coconut<\/li>\n
• Himalayan pink salt<\/li>\n
• black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

   <\/p>\n

  My herb garden flourishes in abundance in the summertime so I do go crazy with them.<\/p>\n

  A little bit of each goes a long way.<\/p>\n

  Herbs<\/p>\n

  \n
  • Cilantro leaves<\/li>\n
  • Thai basil<\/li>\n
  • Borage flowers<\/li>\n
  • Flat leaf parsley<\/li>\n
  • Oregano<\/li>\n
  • Basil<\/li>\n
  • Tarragon<\/li>\n
  • Lemon balm<\/li>\n
  • Lemon verbena<\/li>\n
  • Orange mint<\/li>\n
  • Spear mint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Dressing<\/h3>\n

    \n
    • Salt<\/li>\n
    • Pepper<\/li>\n
    • 1 red Thai chili thinly slivered \u2013 I used five<\/li>\n
    • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n
    • \u00bc cup avocado or olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Mix the dressing in a jar and leave it in the fridge for later use.<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Method:<\/h3>\n

      \n
      • Mix all the ingredients together and leave it in the fridge for four hours or overnight.<\/li>\n
      • The juices from the mango, mandarin and the herbs will be infused together giving this salad a very explosive palatable piquancy.<\/li>\n
      • Mix in the dressing just before serving.<\/li>\n
      • The quinoa salad keeps well in the fridge for up to three days, getting crunchier. It can be prepared ahead for outings and picnics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

         <\/p>\n

        LCHF, Keto, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free<\/p>\n

        Prep. time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

        Serves 10 generous portions<\/p>\n

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          The plated salad above.   What is quinoa? Quinoa is a kind of seed from a flowering plant that belongs to the amaranth family. One cup of cooked quinoa contains 39 grams of carbs. Thats a lot of carbs for me which is why I would not include this superfood in\u00a0 a Keto or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,90],"tags":[235,242,236,239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5935,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions\/5935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gawrimanecuta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}