Why did I start a blog? It started with a Salad-a-Day challenge for the month of June. I decided to eat a salad every day and post a picture of it (as often as I could) on facebook. To my surprise, many people then started asking me for recipes, or trying ideas that I had posted, and someone suggested that I start a blog...so here I am.
I figured I'd start the blog by paying homage to the salad challenge that got me here, so here's a recipe and picture of my favourite salad from the month: The Beet-Quinoa Orange Salad! (recipe is below pictures). You will notice that I do not include very specific measurements - that's because I don't really measure anything. I just mix things together then taste them to see if they are yummy, then I adjust the amounts from there. My favourite part about this salad is that the beets turn the quinoa PINK.
It's simple really - Ingredients: two beets, about 1/2 C dry quinoa, 1/2 a head of romaine lettuce, 1 orange, olive oil, balsamic vinegar.
Cook quinoa according to package directions. Roast beets (in skin) for about 45 min, and when ready to handle, remove skins. Put quinoa and beets in fridge to chill for a few hours.
Mix together olive oil, vinegar and a splash of juice from the orange (you may want to use salt and pepper, mustard, etc according to your tastes). That is your dressing!
Then chop up the orange (peel removed), tear up the romaine, and mix with the quinoa and beets. Pour over the dressing, and enjoy!
Well, I hope you enjoyed the first post! Check ya later ;)
Loved the first post! Can't wait to see what else you come up with!
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