Power Salad

I like to call this “Power Salad” ! Because it’s full of “powerful” ingredients like spinach, chickpeas, avocados and beetroots!

It’s a combination of a sweet taste (beetroot) and a tangy taste (balsamic dressing). 
I love this salad. It’s not only delicious, but also beautiful and colorful. 
I had this for lunch yesterday.

It’s a fulfilling whole meal by itself. 

Ingredients :

Serving : 2 – 3 persons

• 3 cups baby spinach
• 1 cup boiled chickpeas
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 2 small cooked beetroots
• 1/2 Avocado
• 1 cucumber
• 2 TBsp pomegranate
• 1 TBsp pumpkin seeds
• 5 – 6 walnuts

Dressing :

• 1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
• 2 TBsp sour cream *
• 1 tsp mustard
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions:

1. Cook quinoa , treat it like rice for 1 cup of cooked quinoa you need 1/4 cup dry quinoa with 1/2 cup water. **
2. Cut cucumber and avocado into small cubes
3. Wash and rinse baby spinach
4. Cut beetroots into thin slices
5. Whisk together dressing ingredients
6. Mix together spinach, cucumber, avocados, walnuts , chickpeas, quinoa with the dressing.
7. Add on top beetroot slices.
8. Sprinkle pomegranate and pumpkin seeds along with walnuts.

Notes:

*You can substitute sour cream with yogurt.

**Don’t add salt or any kind of oil. Just wash and rinse dry quinoa. Add quinoa to a saucepan with water. Bring it to a boil, stir quinoa then lower the heat and cook for 5 mins covered. Turn off heat and keep covered for 10 mins.