Spring Grains + Greens Salad with Honey Lemon Vinaigrette
Lacey Baier
It’s Day 1 of our free Spring Into Health Lunch Challenge and we’re kicking it off with a bang with this Spring Grains + Greens Salad with Honey Lemon Vinaigrette!
2cupslow sodium vegetable or chicken broth(use vegetable broth to keep vegetarian)
¼bunch of asparagus,thick (to shave into ribbons)
1cupfresh snap peas,sliced in half diagonally
4small radishes,thinly sliced
1medium zucchini
3cupsbaby spring lettuce mix
3ozgoat cheese,crumbled
3tablespoonsliced almonds
½cupblackberries
For the dressing:
3tablespoonfreshly squeezed lemon juice
½teaspoonlemon zest
3tablespoonrice vinegar
1tablespoonolive oil
2tablespoonraw honey
¼teaspoonsea salt
⅛teaspoonpepper
Instructions
Make the quinoa by combining quinoa with broth in a medium sauce pan. Heat over medium-high heat until simmering. Simmer for 20-25 minutes, covered, until quinoa has absorbed the liquid. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Slice the root end off the asparagus. The thicker the better when you’re shaving asparagus. Holding the tip of an asparagus spear, carefully slice into thin ribbons using a vegetable peeler. Repeat with remaining asparagus spears. Set aside.
Repeat the same steps with the zucchini after removing both ends. Set aside.
To assemble the salad, in a large mixing bowl, combine the mixed baby greens spring mix, the asparagus ribbons, the zucchini ribbons, thinly sliced radishes, cooked quinoa, sliced almonds, fresh blackberries, raw snap peas, and crumbled goat cheese.
To make the honey lemon vinaigrette, in a medium mixing bowl, combine freshly squeezed lemon juice, rice vinegar, olive oil, lemon zest, raw honey, sea salt, ground black pepper and mix together well. Set aside.
To serve, drizzle with the honey lemon vinaigrette and top with a few more sliced almonds.
Notes
If you wanted to make this salad ahead of time, you can stack it up in a mason jar with the salad dressing at the bottom and the most delicate greens at the top or pack the salad dressing separately to add when you’re ready to enjoy.Make sure to go sign up for our 7 day spring into health lunch challenge so you can get in on all this tasty, healthy lunch goodness that’s going on right now!