Cazz's Cooking Community

Roasted Veg and Buckwheat Salad


Ingredients:

Salad:
  • 400 gms sweet potatoes
  • 400 gms pumpkin
  • 300 gms beets (optional)
  • 1 red capsicum
  • 1 TBsp rosemary fine chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup buckwheat
  • 2 cups stock
  • 4-6 cups spinach and rockets
  • Lemon wedges to serve
Dressing:
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup tahini (Mayver brand)
  • 2 TBsp lemon juice

Instructions:

Salad:
  1. Preheat oven to 200C.
  2. Chop veggies into 3-5 cm pieces.
  3. Combine veggies, Rosemary, garlic and 1/4 cup olive oil and mix well with your hands.
  4. Place in oven for 30-40 minutes (or until cooked and browning slightly.)
  5. Meanwhile heat remaining oil in pan and add buckwheat.
  6. Cook for 4 minutes and stir continuously.
  7. Add stock and bring to the boil.
  8. Reduce to a simmer, put a lid on pan and cook for 15 minutes or until most of the stock is absorbed.
  9. Meanwhile make dressing.
  10. To prepare sprinkle spinach and rocket over a platter, then sprinkle 1/2 of the buckwheat on top.
  11. Place roasted veggies on top, then sprinkle remaining buckwheat over the veggies.
  12. Lastly drizzle dressing over and scatter a few lemon wedges on the side.
  13. Serve with meat if desired or just alone.
  14. Very delicious, the entire family went back for seconds.
Dressing:
  1. add all ingredients together in a jar and mix well (season if desired.)