ORIENTAL QUINOA SALAD

INGREDIENTS (PORTION FOR 2)

• 120g Quinoa

• 3 -4 handful lettuce oder spinach

• 3 - 4 handful red cabbage

• 1 cucumber

• 100 gr chickpeas

• 2 - 3 Tbsp hummus

• dressing: 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, juice of a lemon

• optional: pomegranate seeds

PREPARATION

• Prepare quinoa according to the recipe and let it cool down

• Cut the lettuce, red cabbage and cucumber into small pieces and place in a large bowl

• Rinse the chickpeas under running water and add them

• Add the quinoa & pomegranate

• Put all the ingredients for the dressing together and pour over the salad

• Add the hummus at the end

MACROS (for the one portion)

627 Calories - 89g Carbs / 40g Protein / 11g Fat

NOTES

Quinoa is called pseudo grain and provides you with an extra portion of protein.

Instead of quinoa you could also use wholegrain rice or Couscous