This roasted vegetable salad with halloumi and quinoa makes for a very satisfying lunch. You may want to save this quinoa and halloumi salad recipe for the next time you want a quick, warm, and healthy lunch or even a light dinner.
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Bring the flavours of the Mediterranean to your lunch with this roasted vegetable salad with quinoa and halloumi that's ready in less than an hour and provides a very filling, satisfying lunch.
This warm quinoa salad with grilled halloumi is also an excellent side dish to grilled fish or meat, or you can make it in bulk as the main attraction of a vegetarian buffet.
Sweet peppers and courgettes pair with red onion and quinoa as the base of this veggie salad, but you can also add other veggies, such as aubergines or tomatoes, or maybe even some grilled mushrooms.
You then smother everything in an aromatic, garlicky olive oil infused with oregano that will make the entire house smell like a Greek taverna, and finish it off with toasted pine nuts for that bit of crunchiness. It's perfection, I promise you.
What do you need for this roasted vegetables salad recipe?
This roasted veggies salad is highly versatile, but to make it like in the picture, you need the following:
- 2 sweet peppers cut into wedges, preferably of different colours, I chose red and green.
- 1 large courgette, sliced
- 2 red onions, cut into wedges
- 100 g (½ cup) quinoa, cooked
- 100 g halloumi cheese
- 35 g (¼ cup) pine nuts
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ½ lemon, zested
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper
How to make this quinoa and halloumi salad?
- Preheat the oven to 200° (390F). Line a baking tray with baking paper and place the red onion, courgette slices, and sweet pepper wedges on it.
- In a small bowl, mix 3 tablespoon of olive oil with the dried oregano, lemon zest, and crushed garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over the veggies and toss to combine well.
- Spread the veggies in an even layer and roast for 20 minutes.
- Remove the tray from the love, toss all the veggies again, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and roast for another 10-15 minutes.
- Take the tray out again, drizzle the balsamic vinegar, and roast for another 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, toast the pine nuts in a dry-frying pan until slightly golden. Do the same with the sliced halloumi. It takes about 3-4 minutes to get that golden look.
- Take the vegetables out of the oven and transfer to a bowl or serving plate.
- Sprinkle the quinoa and pine nuts on top and add the grilled halloumi slices. Serve immediately.
What else can I add to this roasted vegetable quinoa salad recipe?
You can substitute the halloumi cheese and transform this into a roasted vegetable salad with goat cheese. Alternatively, you can omit the cheese altogether, which will result in a vegan roasted vegetable quinoa salad.
Besides peppers and courgettes, this salad also tastes great with some slices of aubergine or some grilled mushrooms.
To make it even more filling, you can add some butter beans or chickpeas to this Mediterranean salad.
If you liked this roasted vegetable and quinoa salad, have a look at my other vegetarian recipes.
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Roasted Vegetable Salad with Quinoa and Halloumi
Ingredients
- 2 sweet peppers , cut into wedges
- 1 large courgette, sliced
- 2 red onions, cut into wedges
- 100 g (½ cup) quinoa, cooked
- 100 g (3.5 oz) halloumi cheese
- 35 g (¼ cup) pine nuts
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ½ lemon, zested
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200° (390F). Line a baking tray with baking paper and place the red onion, courgette slices, and sweet pepper wedges on it.
- In a small bowl, mix 3 tablespoon of olive oil with the dried oregano, lemon zest, and crushed garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle over the veggies and toss to combine well.2 sweet peppers1 large courgette2 red onions
- Spread the veggies in an even layer and roast for 20 minutes.
- Remove the tray from the love, toss all the veggies again, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and roast for another 10-15 minutes.
- Take the tray out again, drizzle the balsamic vinegar, and roast for another 5 minutes.1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- In the meantime, toast the pine nuts in a dry-frying pan until slightly golden. Do the same with the sliced halloumi. It takes about 3-4 minutes to get that golden look.35 g pine nuts100 g halloumi cheese
- Take the vegetables out of the oven and transfer to a bowl or serving plate.
- Sprinkle the quinoa and pine nuts on top and add the grilled halloumi slices. Serve immediately.100 g quinoa, cooked
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition is per serving and is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.
itofood says
I love salad with quinoa!!!
cooking for one says
Looks great!
afroedibles says
Oh my!!! This looks good
Paula • Flaw Decay says
This sounds delicious 😋
Sarah Masters says
Gonna have to try this one. Looks super tasty!
sven gaskins says
Dang!! That looks really good.
Alice says
Oh, thank you!
Scarlet says
I love grilled halloumi. It is such a unusual treat for me. It sounds really fantastic with the roasted veggies too!
Alice says
The roasted veggies really do wonders for halloumi!
mindbodymelody87 says
This looks delicious!
thriftyinthekitchen says
Wow! This looks like something you'd get in a restaurant! I'm totally drooling as I read this. Halloumi is sooooo good, and those roasted vegetables look amazing.
Caroline says
I'm a big fan of halloumi, this looks a great easy way to combine it with veg etc into more of a meal.
SewWhite Sisley says
This looks absolutely incredible. I can't wait to make it. You've mixed together my favourite things!
VeenaAzmanov says
A unique and definitely amazing combinations to making this delicious Salad. I just cant wait to try it. Super tasty.
Nart at Cooking with Nart says
This looks so good! I have pretty much all the ingredients except for halloumi! Love this cheese and now I just need to get it to try this recipe.
mammainmilan says
Can't wait to try this recipe!
Alice says
I hope you'll like it!
feirouzbakes says
I love haloumi so much I am just scared to finish it all before making the salad! I just followed your instagram account looks very tasty! Thanks for Sharing
Alice says
It takes a lot of willpower not to eat the halloumi first! Thank you for the comment and follow!
Kelli Kostizak says
OMG so yummy!
myhomefoodthatsamore says
What a clever combination of super flavours ! Well done, and thank you!
Alice says
Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it 🥰
chef mimi says
This is nice! And I happen to have some halloumi. Good stuff that cheese!
Alice says
Thank you Mimi, it's great cheese, isn't it? I just need to be careful not to eat the entire thing when I open a new package 🙂