Vegan Halloumi and Fruity Quinoa Summer Salad

This is not your typical salad. Rest assured it will make your taste-buds dance all Summer long!

Feel free to substitute the fruits according to what’s in season and if you don’t fancy quinoa, you can use any grain you like.

Ingredients:

• 100g quinoa (I used mixed colour quinoa)
• 200g Green Vie Vegaloumi (Vegan Halloumi)
• 50g Good Earth Walnut Halves
• 50g Good Earth Pumpkin Seeds
• 1-2 nectarines or peaches
• 1/2 apple
• a handful of blueberries
• a handful of radishes
• a handful of cherry tomatoes
• 1/2-1 avocado
• leafy greens of choice

For the dressing:

• 1/2 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
• 60ml Il Torrone Balsamic Vinegar
• 60ml Good Earth Rapeseed Oil
• 25ml agave nectar
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

• Cook quinoa according to instructions
• In the meantime, combine in a small resealable jar all the dressing ingredients and shake shake shake!
• Slice horizontally the nectarines into one centimeter slices thick
• Slice horizontally the halloumi in to one and a half centimeter slices. (If using Green Vie Vegan Vegaloumi, you can separate the two large slices in the packet, no need to cut through)
• In a grilling pan on medium heat, place the halloumi and the nectarines until grill marks appear (approximately 1-2 minutes per side). Set aside
• Cut the rest of the ingredients in to bite-sized pieces

Assembling the salad

• In a big salad bowl, toss the dressing mixture with the leafy greens and gently massage the dressing into the greens
• In the same bowl, put in the rest of the ingredients and carefully combine
• Transfer the salad mixture onto a serving plate
• Add on top of the salad more grilled halloumi and nectarines, and sprinkle some more pumpkin seeds and walnut halves

Side note:

• You can put as much dressing as you like. It is already in a resealable jar and can be easily refrigerated
• It’s important that the dressing is ‘massaged’ into the greens so that they can be better digested
• A lot of the ingredients are roughly measured by the handful so that you can put more or less to your liking

Enjoy!