Simple Quinoa Salad with Chicken
This easy quinoa salad recipe is a perfect gluten-free healthy salad to take to someone who needs extra nourishment and love! With veggies, feta cheese, olives, lots of herbs, and chicken, it’s an all-in-one lunch or light dinner.
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry quinoa
- 2 pounds chicken tenders seasoning olive oil
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 6 ounces crumbled feta cheese
- 1 small cucumber sliced
- 1 cup Kalamata olives chopped
- 1/3 a cup of chopped herbs such as dill and parsley
- Juice of 2 lemons plus zest about 1/4 cup
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook quinoa according to package directions until fluffy and tender.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season on both sides with salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil, plus any extra seasonings you like. I used lemon pepper, but Italian seasoning works too. Or keep it simple.
- Bake chicken for 15-17 minutes
- Meanwhile, chop pepper, slice cucumber, chop herbs, and chop olives. Crumble feta if not pre-crumbled.
- Make the dressing by zesting lemons and squeezing juice into a measuring cup with olive oil.
- Toss everything together in a large pot or bowl.
- Serve salad with chicken on top either warm or cold.