- Prep Time:20 minutes
- Serves:1
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Power up your lunch with the on-trend appeal of a healthy salad bowl loaded with nutritious veggies and plant-based protein. Our composed power bowl includes protein-rich quinoa, fresh salad greens, marinated chick peas, avocado, crisp spring veggies and hummus dip finished with a drizzle of olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon. We sprinkled roasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and blueberries over our salad for extra flavor and nutrition.
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Foodie Byte
For crisp curled carrots: slice a carrot into ribbons with a vegetable peeler, place in bowl of cold water and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Ingredients
1 cup fresh spring greens
1 cup prepared quinoa, cooked according to package directions, warm or chilled
1/2 cup canned, drained chick peas tossed in 1 tbsp. Italian vinaigrette
1/2 avocado, sliced
1 radish, trimmed, thin sliced
6 thin slices hot house cucumber
1/4 cup prepared hummus (any flavor)
1 small carrot, peeled, cut into ribbons
Olive oil, as needed
Fresh lemon juice, as needed
Kosher salt and black pepper, as needed
2 tbsp. roasted pepitas (optional)
2 tbsp. blueberries (optional)
Preparation
Portion spring greens in bowl; arrange quinoa, marinated chick peas, avocado and radish/cucumber slices separately over salad greens.
Top with a dollop of hummus and peeled carrots.
Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice over salad; season with salt and pepper.
Garnish salad with roasted pepitas and blueberries, if desired.
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