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Lamb quinoa salad

Iron rich and full of goodness

4

Serves

25 mins

Prep Time

12 mins

Cook Time

Kathy Paterson

Recipe author

Kathy Paterson

Take lamb rumps and give them a summery grain salad treatment with this delicious quinoa salad. It transports well and is the perfect office lunch.

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Ingredients

Lamb

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2-3 Quality Mark lamb rumps

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trimmed of any silver skin

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2-3 tsp ground cumin

Dressing

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1 lemon

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1 garlic clove

crushed

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6 Tbsp olive oil

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Quinoa salad

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1 cup quinoa

rinsed

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1 red onion

finely sliced and soaked in water for 10 minutes

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1 tsp ground sumac

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2 Lebanese cucumbers

finely sliced

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4 radishes

cut in half

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1 red capsicum

finely sliced

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2 handfuls watercress

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1 handful of mint leaves

roughly torn

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pomegranate molasses

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Method

To Make Lamb

To Make Dressing

To Make Salad

To Serve

1

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

2

Heat a roasting dish in the oven.

3

Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat.

4

Rub lamb rumps with a little oil and the cumin.

5

Season and place in the hot pan and brown on both sides.

6

Transfer lamb to the hot roasting dish in the oven and cook for 10 minutes for pink lamb.

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7

Remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt and cover loosely with foil and a clean tea towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

Nutrition Information per Serving (407g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves. This recipe is tagged low sodium as it has <120mg sodium per 100g.

Energy

2499kJ (597 kcal)

Protein

33.3g

Total Fat

35.8g

Saturated Fat

6.6g

Carbs

31.8g

Dietary Fibre

8.3g

Sodium

330mg

Iron

6.4mg

Zinc

5.1mg

Vitamin B12

1.4µg