Healthy Greek Salad

The same old salads get boring. Then they feel like ‘diet food.’ Then you end up craving something more interesting and cave in and go for something processed/unhealthy. Sound familiar? This is the process a lot of people struggle with. So do you just accept you have to eat boring salads forever if you want to stay in shape? NO. You just need to learn varied, healthy and flavourful salad options to keep you fulfilled. Here’s my Healthy Greek Salad;

Ingredients

150 grams quinoa (raw)
300g chopped tomatoes
Whole cucumber, cubed
Half red onion, diced (if you like it!)
Whole red pepper, thinly sliced
1 chopped avocado
200 gram block feta, chopped
Handful of parsley, chopped
Tbsp capers, chopped
100g olives
100g of spinach
2 tins of tuna
Tin of chickpeas
Balsamic vinegar dressing
Serves 4 – 485 calories per portion (31 grams of protein per portion)

Preparation

Cook the quinoa, fluff up with a fork and allow to cool. Then chop, assemble and mix all the other ingredients. It’s that simple. You would easily feed 4 with this salad recipe, and comes in at 485 calories and 31 grams of protein per portion. It’s also packed full of flavor and goodness.

Variations

Of course you can make a more traditional dressing with olive oil, but that would add approximately 100 calories a portion.
You don’t have to have all the ingredients to make this salad work. You could do chicken or any other protein of choice. You could do bulgar wheat or cous cous instead of the quinoa. As long as you have some salad leaves and some veg and the feta, you can make it work.

Conclusion – Healthy Greek Salad

Salads are only boring if you do the same thing over and over again. There are lots of ways to make them different and exciting without adding a lot of processed ingredients and calories. So mix up you salad game a bit and stop yourself craving the unhealthy alternatives!