Quinoa summer salad, healthy

This is probably the healthiest and best leftover salad ever.

We made it last week when we found myself drown in work, gasping for air and for something to eat.

Like most of us, we of course had no time to eat, and even less time to cook or to go buy groceries.

Luckily we found a jar of cooked quinoa we've been just moving from one place to another for 3 days in our fridge, trying to get to our overnight oats.

Ding ding ding! Lunch is ready: quinoa salad! We did not have all the ingredients to make our quinoa detox salad, so we invented a new somewhat “leftover” detox salad that’s solid for summer.

We used basic ingredients, whatever we had at home. And we must say, this quinoa salad tastes notable.

You will feel satisfied, yet light and will be able to do some more work after lunch. Personally it made us feel a little like Superwoman, because we did not need to take a nap on our desk this time. Finally!!! Who knew this is possible? And who knew that such a simple salad can taste like heaven?

We also had some feta cheese leftovers in our fridge, so we crumbled them and threw them into the salad. If you are vegan or live dairy-free, just don’t add it.

You can add olives, peppers, maybe even artichokes…we imagine it would be quite awesome. You actually don’t need to make this salad out of leftovers, you can also use new stuff. But if you have leftovers, this is your best chance to also do something for your health and your beauty.

HEALTH AND BEAUTY BENEFITS

This quinoa salad is high-protein thanks to that crunchy fluffy Latina called quinoa and it’s also a great way to boost your vegetable intake. The vegetables are paired in a solid way, because the healthy fats from the avocado help you absorb the phytochemicals from the other vegetables better.

These phytochemicals are important for the prevention of numerous diseases. In fact it’s shown that most of the health benefits we experience when we eat more fruits and vegetables are because of these phytochemicals.

So making them more available should be the goal of all our lives. Or, you know – not. But if it’s simple to do, why not? A little extra health benefit here and there did not harm anyone.

Speaking of health benefits, this salad is also high-fiber (just noticed it sounds like high-fiver), detoxifying, suitable if you need to lose weight and it helps maintain normal blood pressure.

And this salad is of course as all recipes at Gaical great for your skin.

The skin needs protein and vitamin C just to build collagen; fatty acids to stay moisturized and prevent dryness; the antioxidants lycopene from tomato and vitamin E from avocado to stay protected from free radicals.

This salad offers the whole beauty package.

We hope you decide to use your leftovers the smart way and make gold (or this salad) out of them.

As we mentioned, you can also buy the ingredients especially for this salad, because it is totally worth it.