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[ Save To My Favourites ](/user/login?destination=/markdownify/node/25170) Serves Serves 4 – 6 Difficulty Easy Total Time 30 Minutes Ingredients 200g of quinoa 150g of broad beans 150g of garden peas A good handful of sugar snaps, thinly sliced 4 radishes cut into chunks A bunch dill, chopped A few sprigs of mint, leaves removed 4 spring onions, chopped 50g of toasted sunflower seeds 2 avocados, peeled and chopped into chunks For the dressing 100ml of olive oil Juice of 2 limes A squeeze honey 1 tsp of ground cumin Salt and pepper Method Step 1 In a pan, boil some water and cook the quinoa according to the packet instructions with salt and pepper. Drain and place in a bowl. Step 2 Whisk all the dressing ingredients together and pour over the quinoa and combine. Step 3 Boil some water in a little pan and add the peas, simmer for 30 seconds then remove (keeping the water boiling) and refresh in cold water. Add to the quinoa bowl. Step 4 Add the broad beans to the boiling water, cook for 3 minutes, remove from the pan and refresh in cold water. Nip the end of each broad bean and squeeze it out of its jacket, add to the quinoa bowl. Step 5 Add the sugar snaps, radishes, dill, mint, spring onions, and sunflower seeds, and gently mix everything together. Step 6 At this stage, either dish up in a pretty bowl and scatter the avocado over if serving as a side salad. Or separate into breakfast bowls and divide the avocado between them, carefully mix. 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