Carrot Quinoa Salad 🥕

This recipe is a work in progress! 🚧

I am planning to make it for Easter Sunday! 🐰

I tried it out for my lunch this week and was very impressed!

Photos to come soon!

Ingredients:

1 cup dry quinoa 

3 freshly cups shredded carrots, cleaned and peeled 

4 cups spinach, roughly chopped

1 cup chickpeas 

10 dates, pitted and chopped 

1/4 cup olive oil 

1/4 cup white vinegar 

1/4 cup lemon juice 

3 tbsp honey 

1 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp black pepper 

1 tbsp parsley flakes 

Directions:

1. Rinse quinoa and cook according to packaged directions. 

2. While quinoa is cooking, gently toss shredded carrots, chopped spinach, chickpeas, and dates in a large bowl. Set aside while quinoa cools. 

3. In a separate small mixing bowl, combine olive oil, white vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt, black pepper, and parsley. Whisk thoroughly.

4. Once quinoa is cooled, add quinoa and olive oil dressing to large bowl mixture. Toss until dressing coats all of salad evenly. 

5. Chill for 1 hour. Serve cold.