Kale, Chicken, Apple, Sweet potatoes, feta cheese, walnuts and sunflower seeds
This salad has sufficient protein, good fats and nutrient rich kale. The chicken and quinoa both provide a good amount of protein for this meal and kale is packed with a wide range of nutrients like calcium, vitamins C and K, antioxidants and fiber. It is an energising and satiating meal to have for lunch. It will keep you going for the day.
Serving size 4
Ingredients for salad :
1 cup cooked organic tricolor quinoa (1/3 cup uncooked quinoa)
4 cups kale leaves
1 small organic apple
1 medium size sweet potato
1 free range chicken breast
1 tsp rosemary sprigs fresh or dry
2 garlic pods
2 tbsp feta cheese
16 raw walnuts
1 tbsp raw sunflower seeds
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp himalayan salt
1 tsp cracked black pepper
Ingredients for salad dressing :
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp whole grain mustard
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cracked black pepper
1 tbsp raw unfiltered organic honey
Method :
Boil quinoa with a 1/2 tsp of himalayan salt
Place the chicken breast with 1/2 tbsp olive oil, pinch of black pepper, 1/2 tsp himalayan salt, garlic pods whole and rosemary in the oven at 180 C for 15 mins
Once cooked cut the chicken breast into long strips
Dice the sweet potato and grill it with 1/2 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of black pepper at 180C for 5 mins
Bake the walnuts and sunflower seeds at 180 C for 2 mins
Chop kale leaves to desired size
Thinly slice the apple
Dice feta cheese
Make the salad dressing
Mix all of above, dress it and serve!
Nutritious Kale Salad