green goddess buckwheat salad
- 1¼ cups (240g) raw buckwheat, rinsed
- 2 green onions (scallions), thinly sliced
- 4 stalks celery, trimmed and thinly sliced
- 4 cups (100g) rocket (arugula) leaves
- 300g snow peas (mange tout), trimmed, blanched and thinly sliced
- 1 cup (150g) raw unsalted cashews, toasted and roughly chopped
- lemon wedges, to serve
green goddess dressing
- 1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 1 cup mint leaves
- ¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
- 2 green onions (scallions), chopped
- ⅓ cup (95g) natural Greek-style (thick) yoghurt
- sea salt and cracked black pepper
- Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add the buckwheat and cook over high heat for 6 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse under cold water. Set aside.
- To make the dressing, place the parsley, mint, lemon juice, onion, yoghurt, salt and pepper in a small food processor and process until smooth.
- Divide the buckwheat, onion, celery, rocket, snow pea and cashew among bowls and drizzle with the dressing. Sprinkle with pepper and serve with lemon wedges. Serves 4.
Tags: buckwheat,
cashews,
fresh and light,
greek yoghurt,
green,
light lunch,
light meal,
mint,
parsley,
picnic food,
salad,
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