Recipe of Flavorful Quinoa and Chickpea Bowl

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, quinoa and chickpea bowl. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Quinoa and Chickpea Bowl is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Quinoa and Chickpea Bowl is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook quinoa and chickpea bowl using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa and Chickpea Bowl:

1. Get 1 continental cucumber, quartered length-way and chopped into 1cm chunks
2. Take 500 g cherry tomatoes, halved
3. Take 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
4. Get 1 can chickpeas, drained
5. Take 250 g sliced black olives
6. Prepare 1/2 bunch parsley, roughly chopped
7. Prepare 200 g feta cheese (hard variety recommended), crumbled
8. Prepare 2 tsp dried oregano
9. Prepare 2 tsp ground cumin
10. Get 1/3 cup olive oil
11. Take 2 cups uncooked quinoa
12. Prepare Sunflower seed, to serve (optional)
13. Get Salt and pepper

Steps to make Quinoa and Chickpea Bowl:

1. Rinse the quinoa thoroughly and drain well. Place in a saucepan with 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil and give it a quick stir with a fork. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for approx 8-10 mins. The quinoa should be tender but not mushy. Drain well and leave to cool slightly.
2. Heat olive oil in a small pan or saucepan over low heat. Add the oregano and cumin. Give it a gentle stir to release the fragrance, approx 1 min. Turn off heat and leave to cool slightly.
3. Place the cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion, chickpeas, black olives, parsley, and feta cheese in a large mixing bowl. Season generously with black pepper and a pinch of salt. Combine the quinoa and olive oil mixture into the bowl and toss the ingredients together until well-combined.
4. Serve with a sprinkle of sunflower seeds. - [If desired, try toasting the sunflower seeds in a dry pan over medium-low heat beforehand for that extra flavour!]

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