Quinoa, cucumber and feta salad with mint

Name: Quinoa, cucumber and feta salad with mint
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 200g quinoa; 1 cucumber, diced; 200g tomatoes, halved; 100g feta, crumbled; 15g fresh mint leaves, chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 lemons, juiced; 1 tsp dried oregano; 0.5 tsp salt

A fresh, filling salad of fluffy quinoa, crunchy cucumber and salty feta with lots of mint and lemon.

Time25 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.10 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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200 gquinoa
1cucumberdiced
200 gtomatoeshalved
100 gfetacrumbled
15 gfresh mint leaveschopped
3 tbspolive oil
2lemonsjuiced
1 tspdried oregano
½ tspsalt

Method

1
Rinse the quinoa and cook it in plenty of boiling water for 12 minutes until the grains show a little white ring. Drain well.
12 min
2
Spread out on a tray for 5 minutes so it cools and steams dry.
5 min
3
Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano and salt in a large bowl.
4
Add the quinoa, cucumber, tomatoes and mint and toss.
5
Top with the feta and serve.

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