Quinoa Greek Salad
This Quinoa Greek Salad is a great vegetarian lunch or a perfect healthy side dish. Containing all your favourite Greek flavours, its light and delicious!
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 301kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g of Quinoa
- 60 g of Feta crumbled
- 0.5 Lemon (juice and zest only)
- 10 Green olives pitted; halved
- 1 Garlic clove crushed
- 10 Cherry tomatoes halved
- 0.5 Red onion diced
- 2 tablespoon of Fresh parsley chopped
- 2 tablespoon of Fresh mint chopped
- 1 pinch of Sea salt
- 1 pinch of Ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoon of Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of Dried oregano
- 2 tablespoon of Red wine vinegar
Instructions
- Add 100 g of Quinoa to a pan with twice as much water and simmer for 15 minutes (or until it has absorbed the water). Take off the heat, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Mix together juice of 0.5 Lemon, 1 Garlic clove, 2 tbsp of Fresh parsley, 2 tbsp of Fresh mint, 2 tbsp of Olive oil, 1 tbsp of Dried oregano2 tbsp of Red wine vinegar and 1 pinch of Sea salt.
- Add 10 Cherry tomatoes, 0.5 Red onion, 10 Green olives and 60 g of Feta to the cooked quinoa and mix in the dressing.
Notes
- If you want to pack this out a bit, you can add some chunky roasted vegetables.
- It is a filling meal by itself, but you can serve it with grilled chicken or salmon.
- Add a kick of spice to it with a sprinkle of dried red chilli flakes before serving.
- If you aren't a fan of quinoa, you could swap it for rice or orzo.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 681mg | Potassium: 583mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1010IU | Vitamin C: 41.7mg | Calcium: 210mg | Iron: 3.5mg
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