Anna's Quinoa Wild Rice and Carrot Salad

I'm back after a long break..... It was 6 months ago that I last posted on this blog. Since then it's been a whirl wind few months with baby Max born, and a challenge to adapt to motherhood.... Anyway, here is a delicious quinoa wild rice and carrot salad, kindly provided by my cousin Anna. xx.

Ingredients:
1 carrot, shaved or julienned
Generous thumb of finely grated fresh ginger
Ditto of turmeric
Heaped teaspoon cumin
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 - 1 red onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup Ceres quinoa and rice blend
pistachio nuts (optional)

Method:
Soak quinoa/rice mix for 30 minutes. Then put on to the boil for 15 min.
Meanwhile gently fry onion. Once it's transparent, add turmeric, ginger, garlic, and cumin and fry for a few minutes. Add shaved carrot near the end for a minute or so. Sprinkle pistachio nuts as desired.

Serve with lamb cutlets, chicken nibbles, veggie burgers, or whatever else tickles your fancy.