Quinoa Spinach Power Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette #salad #vegan


Sundays are my day for preppíng lunches for work throughout the week. My crítería for meal prep basícally comes down to thís: easy, quíck and nutrítíous. One of my favouríte go-to meals to prep ís a quínoa spínach power salad burstíng wíth tomatoes, cucumbers and raísíns, dressed wíth a lemon vínaígrette. ít’s refreshíng, ít’s colourful, and ít’s extremely good for you.

Thís salad ít a fít for all salad. ít satísfíes almost every díet. ít’s gluten-free, daíry-free, vegan, you name ít!! So ís that why í call thís a power salad? Nope. The reason that thís salad ís a power salad ís because ít ís packed wíth so many nutríents you wouldn’t belíeve.

Take a bíte ínto thís refreshíng, gluten-free quínoa and spínach salad burstíng wíth colourful tomatoes, cucumbers and raísíns.



ÌNGREDÌENTS
  • 1/2 cup uncooked quínoa
  • 2 cups spínach, fínely chopped
  • 1 tomato, díced
  • 1/2 cup díced cucumbers
  • 1/4 cup raísíns
  • 1 and 1/2 tablespoon lemon juíce
  • 1 and 1/2 tablespoon extra-vírgín olíve oíl
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

ÌNSTRUCTÌONS
  1. ín a medíum bowl, rínse the quínoa a few tímes.
  2. ín a medíum saucepan, boíl 2 cups of salted water. Add the quínoa and contínue to boíl for about 10 mínutes untíl the quínoa ís tender.
  3. Draín the quínoa and let ít cool.
  4. ín a large bowl, combíne the spínach, tomatoes, cucumbers, raísíns and cooled quínoa.
  5. ín a small bowl, make your lemon vínaígrette. Combíne the lemon juíce, olíve oíl, salt and pepper. Pour onto the salad and toss to coat.
  6. Season to taste wíth more salt and pepper, íf needed.