Hemsley sisters served up a healthy quinoa and roasted vegetable salad with Brazil nut pesto superfood salad on This Morning.
The ingredients are; For the roasted vegetable salad: 4 large carrots, roughly chopped, 1 large red pepper, roughly chopped, 2 handfuls of cherry tomatoes or 4 large tomatoes, halved, 1 large onion (we used red for colour), roughly chopped, 3 large beetroots, well scrubbed and chopped into small chunks or little wedges as they take the longest to cook, 1 tbsp coconut oil, a handful of fresh herbs, such as thyme, rosemary or 2 tbsp mixed dried herbs, fresh leaves, such as rocket, lambs lettuce and lots of watercress, to serve, sea salt and black pepper.
For the quinoa: 250 ml bone broth or water, 250 g quinoa (activated by soaking overnight in stock or water 250ml to 250g quinoa).
For the Brazil nut pesto: 12 Brazil nuts, 2 garlic cloves, 3 large handfuls of fresh basil (stalks and all if you’re using a strong blender), 300 ml extra virgin olive oil, 4 tbsp lemon juice and or 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar.