Adding grains to your salads is a great way to up your fibre content and they combine well with fresh herbs too. This salad is filling, nutritious and will make you feel as fresh as a daisy! Works just as well with couscous or other mixed grains if you don't have the following to hand.
Minted Grain Salad
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 12-14 minutes
Serves 2
50g quinoa
50g buckwheat
50g quick cook farro dicocco
750ml vegetable stock
2 tomatoes, diced
120g cucumber, diced
100g pomegranate seeds
1 pot mint, leaves roughly torn
3 tbsp vegan yogurt
Cook the grains in the stock for 12-15 minutes until tender, drain well and cool.
Mix in the tomatoes, cucumber, pomegranate seeds and mint and season. Place on a serving platter and drizzle over the vegan yogurt.
Cooks tip
Great served with toasted pittas bread.