This Quinoa Salad with Pears, Baby Spinach and Chick Peas in a Maple Vinaigrette recipe contains organic quinoa, extra virgin olive oil, chick peas, ripe pear, pure maple syrup and more.
We attended a county fair in Wales and the ladies of the local church were baking and selling these. We asked for the recipe and they graciously shared it with us. This has been converted to US standard. They are delicious and not as sweet as some of our style cookies. Dried currants can be used in place of the raisins.
Quinoa works just as well as the traditional bulgur, and it takes less time to cook. We prefer curly parsley here, but flat-leaf parsley or a mix of other herbs would also be delicious.
The relish that accompanies these slightly spicy cakes reminds me of the pickley olive salad you get in a New Orleans muffuletta sandwich; in fact, as a variation, I like to make salmon cake sandwiches.
I hope you like spicy food! I don’t know why, but I go through phases where I just need something spicy. Of course with little kids and a hubby that doesn’t really do spicy food I don’t make anything too
