Lunch gets no love: Pesto Quinoa + Chicken Salad

As meals go, lunch is usually the one that receives the least amount of thought, time or attention. It’s smack-dab in the middle of the day, so I’m usually working or mid-project of some sort, and I’ve got at least one kid home to attend to, so I need something quick and healthy and relatively effortless to toss down the piehole before resuming my work and mama duties. So lunch is often leftovers and/or a bunch of different things from the fridge tossed together in a bowl. Like this.

It’s nutrish and delish and, best of all, it’s ready in just a couple minutes, so it gets the job done without taking over your entire afternoon.

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Pesto Quinoa + Chicken Salad Bowl

A quick, easy, nutritious, throw-it-together kinda lunch.

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Courses

Salad

Servings

big salad MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped organic spinach
• 1 cup chopped organic romaine lettuce
• 1/2 cup leftover chopped organic grilled chicken
• 1/2 cup leftover cooked organic quinoa
• 1 tbsp leftover homemade pesto
• 1/3 cup organic chickpeas
• 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbles

Courses Salad Servings big salad MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 cup chopped organic spinach 1 cup chopped organic romaine lettuce 1/2 cup leftover chopped organic grilled chicken 1/2 cup leftover cooked organic quinoa 1 tbsp leftover homemade pesto 1/3 cup organic chickpeas 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbles

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Instructions

1. I heated up the quinoa for about 30 seconds in the microwave, mixed the pesto in there, then tossed everything into a big bowl and chowed down. Boom. Done.