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Rainbow Salad Bowl with Cilantro Lime Hummus

www.theorganicdietitian.com
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 1

Ingredients

  • 1 head of lettuce romaine, kale, green leaf or 4 cups mixed greens or spinach (any lettuce to like will work), washed and roughly chopped with ribs or ends removed
  • 1/4 pickled red onion soak sliced red onion in 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar for about 10 minutes
  • 1/2-1 cup cooked quinoa I used [red quinoa|http://amzn.to/1xvFS9e}
  • 1/2 sliced peeled, and pitted avocado
  • Handful of pomegranate seeds
  • 1/2 cup diced cucumber
  • 1 Tbsp hemp seeds
  • 1/2 lime
  • 1/2 cup Cilantro Lime Hummus recipe below

Instructions

  1. Make the pickled onions and while the onions are soaking create the rest of the bowl.
  2. Add the lettuce to a large bowl.
  3. Add the quinoa, avocado, pomegranate seeds, and cucumber on top of the lettuce in sections around the outside of the bowl.
  4. Add the pickled onions to another section.
  5. Add the scoop of hummus to the middle of the salad.
  6. Sprinkle the salad with hemp seeds.
  7. Squeeze the 1/2 lime all over the salad with its juice.
  8. To eat the salad I like to dip my fork in the hummus and then some of the salad so that each bit contains some yummy hummus.

Recipe Notes

*Choose organic ingredients when possible.