Organic Quinoa

Quinoa salad is healthy but if you include other vegetables and ingredients, it can be healthier. Quinoa salad can be made different ways with different sort of ingredients. Below is a simple and delicious recipe. Note that the recipe below is vegetarian in nature. The recipe is a healthier alternative to the traditional quinoa salad of chicken, bacon, blue cheese, and iceberg lettuce and replaced with more nutrient dense power foods like flax meal and avocado. If you want the protein content higher, you can add sliced grilled chicken breast back into the ingredient list.

Vegetarian Quinoa Salad

Ingredients:

•    2 eggs, chopped after hard boiled.
•    1 bunch watercress ends trimmed and coarsely chopped.
•    Flax material; 1 spoon.
•    ½ cup grape tomato, halved.
•    Avocado cubbed; ½.
•    1 cup quinoa.
•    1 head romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped.
•    Pitted kalamata olives, chopped; 2 table spoon.
•    ¼ chopped goat cheese.
•    Crumbled feta cheese for substitute.

Dressing of the Recipe:

1.    Extra virgin olive oil; 1 table spoon.
2.    Balsamic vinegar or regular balsamic; 1 ½ table spoon.
3.    Dijon mustard; 1 tea spoon.
4.    ½ table spoon fresh rhyme.

Direction to Follow for Recipe:

Firstly, you should place 2 eggs in small pot having semi warm water. You should boil the eggs for 10 minutes. After that remove and cool the eggs. Secondly, in a bowl, you can combine dressing material and mix it well for next usage. Thirdly, you should thoroughly wash and dry your greens, patting them with paper towels or use a salad spinner. Now place them in a large salad bowl and cover with half of dressing. Now you can add remaining ingredients and after mixing, drizzle them with the remaining dressing.

Tips:

You should make sure to utilize only organic vegetables in this sort of salad. Organic produce are much healthier as they contain healthier nutrients, minerals and vitamins. Moreover, organic salad will be free of harmful pesticides and herbicides and tend to be fresher and tastier.

The above mentioned recipe a great way to started the switch to healthier salads. All the ingredients which have been put into this quinoa salad are healthy, interesting and tasty.