A super healthy Quinoa Salad loaded with grilled chicken, arugula, grilled veggies, garbanzo beans and feta cheese. This should be on your New Year's resolutions menu!
I can't do it anymore friends. These past few months have been filled with so many good things to eat but I'm spent. First it was Thanksgiving, then a cruise and to finish up, we had a mountain of Chinese food for Christmas I just need a nice fresh green leafy salad or some kind of tasty bowl like this Shrimp and Roasted Cauliflower.
I'm in love with salads that aren't only packed with leaves, throw in some grains and a protein and it becomes a full-on meal. You could use any grain you feel like adding for this Quinoa Salad.
I decided on quinoa because it's so darn easy to cook in the first place and always turns out perfect, unlike rice which can be hit or miss for me to get it light an fluffy. And by adding a good few handfuls of arugula to the quinoa, you just made this recipe stretch out even further. This is such a cheap dinner!
This whole thing started out as a bit of a fridge clean up to be honest with you. Both the veggies and the chicken were grilled for quickness and max flavor, I found a can of garbanzo beans in the cupboard and I pulled the basil from the garden.
I skipped making a fancy dressing for this and used pesto instead. This is such an awesome hearty salad to begin with that probably any salad dressing you have would work on it.
I went with pesto because my kids would bathe in it of they could, just a few dollops of it and a quick toss is all you need to do. It felt so good to eat this after the holidays.
Let me know in the comments if you have a favorite grain bowl or healthy salad you love to munch on!
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