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Winter Detox Salad – A fabulous salad perfect for detoxing, that makes use of winter veggies and fruit, mixed with quinoa for added protein. Make a big bowl and eat over a couple of days. Once detox is over you can jazz it up with some goat’s cheese, or salmon. – kale leaves, or other winter salad leaves, orange, carrots, shredded red cabbage, quinoa, from two segments of pomegranate, walnuts or pumpkin seeds, fresh shoots, 1 lemon, The Dressing: Tamari Sauce, maple syrup, nutritional yeast, garlic- finely sliced or pressed, water, Put the quinoa on to boil with twice its volume of water. After around 10 minutes the quinoa should be soft but not slushy. Put a lid on the pan and allow the quinoa to dry in its own steam. allow to cool.; Wash and chop the kale leaves finely and add to a bowl with the lemon juice for around 15 minutes to soften them. if using other salad leaves, chop or tear into fine shreds- cabbage also works well. Add the lemon juice to the salad dressing step.; Spiralise (or use a vegetable peeler) the carrots, and chop into lengths of around 3-4 cms.; Peel and slice the orange into rounds, cutting them in half again.; Once the quinoa has cooled assemble all the above ingredients with the quinoa, the pomegrnate seeds and the red cabbage. Mix everything well.; For the Dressing: Blitz all the dressing ingredients together to give a smooth dressing. Add more water to get desired consistency.; To Assemble: Pour the dressing over the salad and mix well. Top with walnuts or pumpkin seeds, and some fresh sprouts.; –