Now that it’s getting a bit warmer out, I like to eat lighter. I mean, who doesn’t, right? One of the biggest aspects of my “eat light” plan is basically just incorporating more salads as meals into my weekly diet. During the spring and summer, I like to take advantage of all of the abundant produce and make crazy-huge salads that are just bursting with veggie goodness. This salad isn’t particularly huge, but it’s still got veggie goodness: quinoa adds a bit of protein and spinach gets you some vitamin K and folate. The sweet and juicy flavor of the grapes combined with the salty feta and crunchy sunflower seeds makes for a perfect salad. I ate mine for lunch, but this would be great alongside grilled chicken or vegetables, too!
- 2 handfuls (cups) of fresh spinach, torn
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
- 20-25 grapes (I used red)
- 1 tbsp shelled sunflower seeds
- crumbled feta cheese to your taste
- fresh ground black pepper to your taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- garlic powder

this looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it. Just ‘pinned’ it. Thanks for the creative yummy dish! Would have never thought to pair quinoa with grapes. yummy!
Saw this delicious looking post and clicked immediately…to my surprise…you had already commented! haha! Sisters think..or I should say eat…alike! 🙂