Hello Everyone, I hope your day has been well.

I’m bringing you another, delicious salad that is perfect for a light lunch or a side dish for dinner. Either way it’s super tasty and packed full of nutrients from the kale, carrot, cucumber and lettuce. Quinoa is a very popular food item because of it’s nutritional content and being a quality source of plant protein. Overall, quinoa is a great source of various minerals and a good food to include your diet. Likewise with carrots, they are a great, nutritious vegetable but not as popular because it’s something we are used to eating and seeing so often. Carrots are known to be rich in beta carotene, which converts to vitamin A in the body, this is essential for immune function and good vision. Not only are carrots nutritious, they have a nice crunchy texture and can be cooked in many ways.

This salad is a recipe I made for one in the early evening when I didn’t have much of an appetite but knew I’d be hungry later. This is a really nice recipe for when you are short for time but still want to eat something nourishing for the body.

Recipe: Quinoa and kale salad (serves 1)

Ingredients

30g dried quinoa

Pinch of a stock cube

1/2 handful of kale

1 lettuce leaf, shredded

1/2 carrot, grated

1 inch cucumber, finely sliced

Pinch of chilli

Method

• Cook the quinoa according to the packet, I like to add a pinch of stock cube to the water for more flavour.
• 5 minutes before the quinoa is cooked, add the kale and mix through.
• In the meantime, prepare the salads and set aside.
• Once the quinoa is cooked, mix in the salads and sprinkle over a little chilli flakes.

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_{*Nutritional info sourced through Google scholar}