Friday, June 13, 2014

Another version of Hidden Greens salad!

I've been making this salad a lot lately, and I recently made a version with a few different vegetables that I think turned out really well!

The ingredients in blue are ones I added. I removed bok choy and changed the quinoa quantity. The dressing stayed the same, as did the steps. I copied them here just for convenience sake.

Ingredients:
3 tomatoes  (I used vine tomatoes)
1 cucumber 
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper --- adds some nice color! 
1 box of pea shoots!
celery! As much as you like. I love celery so I added a generous quantity
1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed 
1/2 cup quinoa
some feta cheese 

 for dressing: 
1 tablespoon red vinegar 
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 
4 tablespoons EVOO 
2 tablespoons greek yogurt 
salt to taste 
pepper to taste 
cumin to taste 
honey to taste 

Directions: 

1) Put quinoa to cook. Once finished cooking set aside to cool. I spread it out over a large plate to help it cool faster. 

2) Chop tomatoes, cucumber, and red pepper and orange pepper as small as you like. Place in your salad bowl.

3) The hidden greens! Chop the pea shoots finely, add to the salad bowl and mix in. Will give a nice crunchy texture!

4) Open garbanzo beans and rinse thoroughly. Add to salad. Mix. 

5) Add feta cheese and at least somewhat cooled quinoa. Mix. 

6) Whisk all dressing ingredients together except honey. Once well mixed, add honey. 

7) Add dressing to salad. 

8) Place in refrigerator for a little bit, at least 15 minutes, and enjoy! 

 If you made this please let me know what you think. xoxoxo

here's an image of the salad before the dressing:


here's an image of the salad dressing:

and here's a picture of the final product! Yum!




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