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Veggie Quinoa Power Salad

October 22, 2015 · In: Clean Eats, Food, Nourish, Salads

Sometimes there’s just nothing better than a giant bowl of colorful, nutrient packed veggies x plant based protein to fill ya up…

I love my chicken, fish & the occasional grass-fed beef, however, I sure LOVE my veggies and do eat a highly plant-based diet. This super scrumptious rainbow salad is jam-packed with vitamins & minerals, plant-based protein, healthy fats & loads of flat-belly fibrous foods, making for an incredibly satisfying fill-you-up lunch to get your thru the day or for a yummy dinner at the end of your day.

The secret is to always keep your fridge stocked with healthy goodies so you can easily create a nourishing meal at moments notice. I cook 1 cup of (dry) quinoa to keep handy in the fridge every week. I can easily toss it into salads, heat it up and eat warm or throw into my current fall-fave, Quinoa Pumpkin Spice Smoothie. The butternut squash in this salad was leftover from roasting a few days earlier and everything else – kale, cabbage, avocado, etc – are my favorite healthy staples to keep around.

Veggie Quinoa Power Salad

INGREDIENTS
organic baby kale
organic red cabbage
1/2 cup quinoa
roasted butternut squash
alfalfa sprouts
1/2 avocado
pepitas + sunflower seeds

DRESSING
olive oil. 1 tablespoon
apple cider vinegar. 1 tablespoon
juice of 1 organic lemon
sea salt & pepper to taste

The only part of this salad that I measured was the 1/2 cup of quinoa, however, everything else is probably about 1/2 – cup each. This salad was fun to make/arrange & tastes seriously amazing after I made a mess of it all! Mix everything up really good, grab your fork & eat up! xx

Much Love,

By: laurenschwaiger · In: Clean Eats, Food, Nourish, Salads · Tagged: Avocado, Clean Eating, Gluten Free, Healthy Food, Healthy Happy Active Living, Lauren Schwaiger Health & Fitness, Quinoa, Salad Inspiration, Vegetarian, Veggie Quinoa Power Salad

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