Beet Quinoa Feta Salad @ What’s for Dinner?

Its Healthy, Happy and Yummy salad!

Ingredients:

4 beets, green beans, 2 tsp olive oil, 1 red onion, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, 1 cup of cooked quinoa, 1.5 ounces feta cheese, crumbled, salt and pepper to taste.

How to:

• Place beets on a rimmed baking sheet and pop in the oven for thirty minutes or until the beets are fork tender. (or buy steamed and peeled beets in Trader’s joe and save yourself half an hour).
• Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over a medium high heat.  Toss the onion into the oil and cook for about five minutes or until the onions are tender.
• Stir in green beans and apple cider vinegar.  Allow to cook for couple of minutes.
• Allow everything to cool a bit before assembling the salad.
• In a large bowl combine  onion, beans, roasted beets, and quinoa.  Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss in the feta cheese, serve and get ready for some heaven on a fork!

Little fun super important fact: Quinoa is a protein-packed superfood. While it often gets lobbed in with other grains like couscous and millet, it is not a grain at all, but a grain-like plant grown primarily for its seeds. It’s one of the few foods that deliver a complete protein, meaning it contains all nine essential amino acids necessary to build muscle in the body.