Name: Mixed grain and veg salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 250 g Merchant Gourmet Red and White Quinoa (Prepare according to pack instructions); 100 g Merchant Gourmet Glorious Grains with Red Rice & Quinoa (Prepare according to pack instructions); 1 Red Pepper (seeded and diced); 1 Yellow Pepper (seeded and diced); 2 Spring Onions (sliced finely); 1 tbsp Jalapeno slices (diced); 10 Baby Plum tomatoes (diced); 150 g Sweetcorn kernels; 1 small Red Onion (sliced finely); 1/4 Cucumber (deseeded and diced); 4 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 large Lemon (Juice and zest of); 2 Limes (Juice of); 1 clove Garlic (crushed); 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Flakes; 1 tsp Cumin; 1 tbsp Honey; Salt and Pepper

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This Mixed grain and veg salad is filling, refreshing, crisp and delicious. It’s made simply with chopped vegetables, a simple dressing and 2 pouches of Merchant Gourmet products.

As some of you may be aware, quinoa salad is one of my favourites. I have published loads on this website over the years. I have also published loads of salads using other grains too like Freekah.

Why I love this recipe

Reasons I love this recipe are:

This grain salad recipe is very easy to put together, especially if you choose to use the Merchant Gourmet products that I have here.
This salad is great for lunch, picnics, trips and gatherings.
The salad is a crowd pleaser and it’s vegan/dairy free, gluten free.

I am loving the weather at the moment and I have taken to punctuating my walks with a little stop gap where I allow myself to chill at the park for a full 20 minutes. Some days I have meditated in the park and other days I have read a book or journaled. A couple of years ago, giving myself time to do that would never have happened. I would always feel like I had to be doing something and I would force myself to just do something to fill any gaps.

Allowing myself to slow down has been a fundamental part of my healing. As well as allowing myself to use ready packets of stuff like Quinoa or Mixed Grains! I would never have allowed myself to do that in the past. I would have judged myself, harshly criticised myself and basically been my biggest hater. Now I tell myself that salads like these are perfect for last minute get togethers and using packaged products is no big deal and convenient for busy people.

**Please let me know if you try this recipe and how it turns out for you in the comments! I love hearing from you and hope this mixed grain and veg salad becomes one of your favourite recipes.