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Dash Diet Strawberry and Quinoa Salad With Goat Cheese

Dash Diet Strawberry and Quinoa Salad With Goat Cheese Recipe

Spruce up your lunch with this sweet and satisfying grain salad. This recipe has a good variety of healthy fats, carbs, and protein with minimal sodium. Use it as an entrée or scale back the portion for a side at dinner. If you want to add a little more protein to the meal, try adding cooked chicken or garbanzo beans.
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Prep Time 30 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine Dash Diet
Calories 292.1 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups quinoa
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups quartered strawberries
  • 3 cups spinach, stems removed and cut into strips
  • 1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds
  • 3 ounces crumbled goat cheese
  • balsamic dressing
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon honey or 1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions
 

  • Bring 1.5 cups water to a boil, add quinoa and return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer for 15 minutes or until all water is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork. Cool for 10 minutes.
  • Place olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and honey in a small prep bowl and whisk together. Fold into the quinoa.
  • In a large salad bowl, gently toss quinoa, strawberries, spinach, goat cheese, and sunflower seeds together.
  • Serve immediately. For This and More recipes, go check out my blog at http://foodforeveryone2.blogspot.com/.

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Nutrition

Serving: 241gCalories: 292.1kcalCarbohydrates: 34.1gProtein: 10.8gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 11.2mgSodium: 92.5mgFiber: 4.6gSugar: 4.1g
Keyword < 30 Mins, Low Cholesterol, Lunch
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