Roasted Red Cabbage and Quinoa Salad
Roasted red cabbage and onions are folded into quinoa, herbs, dates, and nuts for a deeply flavorful salad that works for hosting, make-ahead lunches, or a hearty holiday side.
35 minutes
Serves 6
Easy

Instructions
- 1.Preheat the oven to convection broil at 450F.
- 2.Place the sliced cabbage and onion on a baking pan and season with flaky salt and olive oil.
- 3.Mix well and massage with your hands until slightly softened.
- 4.Spread evenly and roast for about 20 minutes, mixing a few times during roasting so the vegetables brown evenly.
- 5.In a large bowl combine the parsley, mint, chives, quinoa, dates, and roasted nuts.
- 6.Add the roasted cabbage and onions.
- 7.Season with salt, black pepper, sumac, olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, date syrup or honey, and garlic.
- 8.Mix everything well and serve.
Ingredients
- •For roasting-
- •1 red cabbage, cut in half and thinly sliced
- •1 red onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
- •1/2 teaspoon of flaky Maldon salt
- •4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- •For the salad-
- •Handful of parsley, finely chopped
- •Handful of mint leaves, finely chopped
- •Handful of chives, finely chopped
- •1 cup of cooked quinoa
- •5 pitted dates, sliced
- •Handful of roasted nuts, roughly chopped
- •1 teaspoon of salt
- •1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper
- •1 teaspoon of sumac
- •5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- •Juice of 1 large lemon
- •1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
- •1 teaspoon of date syrup or honey
- •2 garlic cloves, minced
- •Optional additions-
- •Feta cheese
- •Grilled salmon
- •Grilled chicken
Instructions
- 1.Preheat the oven to convection broil at 450F.
- 2.Place the sliced cabbage and onion on a baking pan and season with flaky salt and olive oil.
- 3.Mix well and massage with your hands until slightly softened.
- 4.Spread evenly and roast for about 20 minutes, mixing a few times during roasting so the vegetables brown evenly.
- 5.In a large bowl combine the parsley, mint, chives, quinoa, dates, and roasted nuts.
- 6.Add the roasted cabbage and onions.
- 7.Season with salt, black pepper, sumac, olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, date syrup or honey, and garlic.
- 8.Mix everything well and serve.


