Quinoa & Italian Bean salad.

This salad was a bit of a throw together from last nights dinner. Since it was father’s day the in laws decided to have a BBQ, even though I wasn’t too keen on eating meat ( I wasn’t feeling too well from the previous nights dinner endvours) I stuck through and choose this beautiful bean salad , garden salad & rice.

The bean salad isn’t exactly rocket science, borlotti beans, canellini beans, chopped onion, chilli, evoo salt & vinegar. Once we were done with the dinner I was offered some bean salad to take home, and me being the polite person I am egarly took a bowl full & well ended up with half my lunched made for todays degustation.
So to recreate what I have on this rather large plate you will need:

1 Cup cooked quinoa
1 Cup Bean salad
2 Carrots Grated
1 Cup brocoli florrets steamed
1 Tablespoon sunflower seeds.

Toss all ingredients together, although I left the brocoli aside for decoration purposes.

Enjoy xx

Vege sausage salad & Tangy dressing

Now Now I know, I eat alot of quinoa, but thats becasue every second day I chose to eat vegetarian or Vegan, I find my body responds better , I feel lighter, more energetic & well just overall functional.

I know this has you wondering, why havn’t I made the switch? Well, basically because I am not ready to, I like meat and I figured why not enjoy the best of both worlds? besides there is no guarantee I will feel 100% every single day if I become totally vegan…
Anyways, maybe one day, it is a thought I have been contemplating regardless….

So for today’s lunch special we are looking at a vege sausage & tangy dressing warm veggie salad.

So you will need:

1 cup of cooked tri colour quinoa
2 vege sausages grilled
1/2 cup asparagus chopped & steamed
1/2 cup brocoli florets chopped & steamed
1 whole carrot sliced & steamed
4-5 minimatos sliced in half
A small bunch of corriender to mix through and garnish.
DRESSING:
1 whole lemon juiced
1 Teaspoon of Lemon infused olive oil
1 Teaspoon of balsamic vinegar
A sprinkle of chilli
A sprinkle of ginger
Mix it all up & let it sit.

For the salad, thorw all your ingredients in a bowl and give it a good toss to make sure evrything is nicely mixed & pour your dressing over.Enjoy xx.