Salad recipe full of nutrients

Introduction

In your thoughts salad can be boring right but in actual? wrong! imagine a dish where there is different type of flavours textures and colours and well it is super healthy too. try quinoa and kale salad, its a perfect mix of delicious and various type of nutrients in it. let's make a recipe that is both healthy and tasty.

Ingredients

• For the Salad
• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups kale, chopped finely, like confetti at a health parade
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cucumber, diced into crisp little cubes
• 1/4 red onion, sliced paper-thin
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• Fresh parsley, chopped
• For the Dressing
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preparing the Quinoa

Wash the quinoa with cold water so all of the bitterness that is in the quinoa can be washed away. heat up two cups of water then add the quinoa in it and reduce the heat to  very low and cover the pan and then leave it for 15 minute until the water is absorbed and the quinoa is fluffy and soft

Fluff with a fork and let it cool down, it’s worth it.

Putting Together the Salad

• Add chopped kale, cucumber, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and avocado, and let it cool down for some time.
• Add the feta cheese crumbles on top. and sunflower seeds over the top.

Optional: Add fresh parsley for an extra burst of green if you like it.

Making the Dressing

Take a small bowl and mix olive oil very well then add lemon juice and  mix it well again then apple cider vinegar the John mustered mensturning salt and pepper until it is very smooth and creamy.

Mix it together

• Then add the dressing in the salad and gently mixed so everything will be coated equally 
• Leave it for 10 minutes so it can settle down, this will allow the flavours to turn into a harmonious melody.

Nutritional Benefits

This salad is a kaleidoscope of nutrients:

Quinoa: The superhero of grains, a whole protein that is high in iron, magnesium, and fibre.

Kale: The ultimate green vegetable, rich in vitamins A, C, and K, and powerful antioxidants.

Cherry Tomatoes: Short spurts of vitamin C, potassium, and lycopene.

Avocado: The velvety marvel, bursting with good fats, fibre, and essential vitamins.

Sunflower Seeds: little crunch bombs of healthy fats, protein, and antioxidants.

Conclusion

This kale salad is more than simply a dinner; it's an encounter. A symphony of flavours and an abundance of nutrients, it’s perfect as a main dish or a hearty side. This salad is not just a simple dinner it is a very delicious meal where there is a melody of flavours and  very big amount of nutrients which is a which is perfect for main and healthy dish.