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Charred Corn Salad with Roasted Chermoula Squash
Golden sunshine on a plate. We're talking charred corn, roasted vibrant seasonal butternut squash in zesty chermoula spice, juicy plum tomatoes and zingy rings of pickled shallot. Toss with ready-cooked fluffy quinoa to soak up all the flavour. Even better? One serving will provide you with all of your five a day!
1/3 daily fibre
5 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp chermoula (Coriander Leaves, Preserved Lemons (Lemon Slices, Fine Seas Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic, Shallots, Water, White Wine Vinegar, Red Chilli, Coconut Palm Sugar Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Ginger, Turmeric Powder, Cornflour)
- 2 corn on the cob
- 2 spring onion
- 2 onion
- 30g cashew nuts (Nuts)
- 40g rocket
- 500g puy lentils & wholegrain quinoa (48% Cooked Whole Grain Quinoa (Water, Quinoa) 48% Cooked Puy Lentils (Water, Puy lentils) Onion Olive Oil Laurel Salt)
- 360g tomatoes (heritage mix)
- 2 avocado
- 1 small butternut squash
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 unwaxed lemon
Nutritional Information
Calories: 594
Protein: 17g
Carbs: 56g
Fat: 34g
Charred Corn Salad with Roasted Chermoula Squash
Golden sunshine on a plate. We're talking charred corn, roasted vibrant seasonal butternut squash in zesty chermoula spice, juicy plum tomatoes and zingy rings of pickled shallot. Toss with ready-cooked fluffy quinoa to soak up all the flavour. Even better? One serving will provide you with all of your five a day!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9 / air fryer 200C
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Pull out a grater, a peeler, a large bowl, a small bowl & a medium frying pan
Golden squash
- Peel and cut the squash into 2cm thick slices, discarding the seeds. Cut 1 onion into 8 wedges
- Place both onto the lined baking tray. Sprinkle over the chermoula and toss with 1 tbsp oil, a pinch of salt and pepper
- Remove the husk from the corn, then place each onto a piece of foil. Rub with 1 tsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Wrap the corn in the foil, then place alongside the veg
- Roast for 25-30 mins / air fryer 20-25 mins, until soft and golden
Make the pickled onion
- Zest and halve the lemon
- Thinly slice the other onion and place into the large bowl with the juice from the lemon and a pinch of salt. Mix and leave to pickle
Toast the cashews
- Heat the medium frying pan on medium heat. Once hot, add the cashews and toast for 2-3 mins, tossing regularly, until golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside
- Finely chop the parsley
Bring it all together
- Dice the avocado into 1cm chunks. Thinly slice the spring onions. Cut the tomatoes into 2cm wedges
- When ready, stand the corn on its end and carefully slice down to remove the kernels. Discard the cob
- Transfer everything to the pickled onion bowl, along with the lemon zest, roasted squash, onion wedges, quinoa mix and 1 tbsp oil. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Add the rocket and toss again to combine
Plate up
- Serve the salad on plates and garnish with the cashews
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