quinoa with sweet potato, feta and caramelised onion
 
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delicious and light. Eat it hot or cold
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Recipe type: vegetarian
Serves: 6
What you'll need
  • about 250g quinoa, rinsed
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
  • 2 red onions, thinly sliced
  • 200g danish style feta, roughly chopped
  • balsamic vinegar
  • 2Tbsp sugar
  • olive oil
  • 1Tbsp grain mustard
  • honey or apple juice concentrate
  • salt, pepper
Instructions
  1. Rinse quinoa and place in TM basket and put lid on without the measuring cup. Place sweet potato in the bottom of the varoma (spread it out nicely) and place on top of your thermomix.
  2. Fill TM bowl with 1- 1.5L of cold water and cook for 20 minutes, speed 4, Varoma Temperature.
  3. Remove the basket from your TM bowl carefully and fluff up the quinoa and place in Thermoserve or a large serving bowl.
  4. Test sweet potato and cook for a further 10 minutes, speed 1 and Varoma temperature if needed (using the water that was in your thermomix bowl).
  5. Meanwhile peel and finely slice the red onions. Place in a heavy based frypan (or any old frypan will do) and add in a tablespoon or two of oil and a good bit of salt. Saute onions until soft.
  6. I like to add some more salt as the onions soften and cook them for at least 5-7 minutes until really soft.
  7. Add in a good splash of balsamic vinegar and a tablespoon of sugar. Keep stirring and reduce the heat. Cook for a few minutes or two until the onions have a delicious taste and are caramelised.
  8. **Combine the quinoa, sweet potato, feta and caramelised onions and give a good stir.
  9. Make a simple dressing of 1 part balsamic vinegar, 2 -3 parts olive oil, 1 Tbsp honey (or apple juice concentrate - I used maple syrup as I was out of everything), about a Tablespoon of mustard, salt and pepper and season to taste and add a little more oil or sweetness or mustard till you have the taste you like. Stir through the quinoa and serve.
  10. You can eat this hot or cold, we thought it was delicious either way.
  11. If you don't have a thermomix then follow the instructions for boiling about 250g quinoa. Steam the sweet potato in the microwave or boil until tender. Follow the instructions for the caramelised onion and follow from **.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2013/06/24/quinoa-with-sweet-potato-feta-and-caramelised-onion/