Caprese Quinoa Salad

Salads

By Dixya

Hello Marvelous Monday and that only means one thing – its time to join Katie @healthydivaeats for Marvelous Monday party. After tragedies in Boston and West, Texas this week- I just wanted to say home, relax, and catch up on few things around the house. It was marvelously low-key compared to past weekends in NY & exploring Dallas.

My marvelous weekend included:

Going to the Dallas Farmers Market for fresh produce & plants

Gardening my first herbs and vegetable garden on my patio

Starting to solve 1000 piece puzzle

Starting to work out regularly – lifting weights and running on a treadmill

Staying hydrated with fresh cucumber lemon water

a pitcher full of water, ice, cucumber and lemon slices

Eating Caprese Quinoa Salad (recipe:serves 2 )

Ingredients

1/4 cup quinoa, dry

5-6 cherry tomatoes, halved

3 oz, fresh mozzarella, cubed

3-4 basil leaves, chopped

2 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper, to taste

DIrections

-In a small sauce pan,cook quinoa according to the direction on back of the package

-In a bowl, toss all the ingredients together and adjust taste as necessary. May serve immediately but I noticed flavors come well together after letting it sit in refrigerator for couple hours.

This salad is great by itself but I enjoyed it alongside grilled chicken, turkey-lentil seekh kebab and roasted veggies – oh marvelous is the smell of charcoal.

…and trying to enjoy every moment because

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Sending you lots of positivity and don’t forget to keep everything marvelous friends ♥

Do you have a mini-garden on the patio? Any tips for the first timer?