apple chicken & gorgonzola quinoa salad

Let this meal refresh you! It’s amazingly healthy and fills you up without feeling so stuffed you can’t not wear sweatpants for the rest of the day. Actually, I think I may have been wearing sweatpants when I ate this once. Well whatever. It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing as long as you’re getting to eat this pure tastiness.

Apple Chicken & Gorgonzola Quinoa Salad
Serves 6-8

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, prepared and sliced in 1 inch cubes
2 cups quinoa
1/2 cup almonds
14 ounces chickpeas
2 apples, chopped
1/4 cup gorgzonzola cheese
2 green onion, thinly sliced
2/3 cup apple juice
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
A dash of salt

Prepare 2 cups uncooked quinoa according to pack instructions. Set aside and allow to cool.

In a large bowl, mix together cooled quinoa, almonds, chicken, chickpeas, apple, gorgonzola cheese, and green onions.

Whisk together juice, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey, and salt.

Pour dressing over quinoa salad and toss to coat.

apple chicken & gorgonzola quinoa salad

 

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Author: Rachel Schultz

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, prepared and sliced in 1 inch cubes
• 2 cups quinoa
• ½ cup almonds
• 14 ounces chickpeas
• 2 apples, chopped
• ¼ cup gorgzonzola cheese
• 2 green onion, thinly sliced
• ⅔ cup apple juice
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon honey
• A dash of salt

Instructions

1. Prepare 2 cups uncooked quinoa according to pack instructions. Set aside and allow to cool.
2. In a large bowl, mix together cooled quinoa, almonds, chicken, chickpeas, apple, gorgonzola cheese, and green onions.
3. Whisk together juice, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, honey, and salt.
4. Pour dressing over quinoa salad and toss to coat.

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Modified from Cookin’ Canuck.