Jax Quinoa and Bacon Veggie Fest
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 650.3
- Total Fat: 40.3 g
- Cholesterol: 60.0 mg
- Sodium: 852.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 50.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 9.3 g
- Protein: 20.9 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Jax Quinoa and Bacon Veggie Fest calories by ingredient
Introduction
This delicious salad will knock your socks off for the lemony flavor punch it provides. This delicious salad will knock your socks off for the lemony flavor punch it provides.Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
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2 Cups Fresh Spinach, steamed
1/4 cup cooked whole wheat Quinoa
4 slices cooked turkey bacon (microwave)
1 cup steamed broccoli
1 cup steamed summer squash
1/4 cup great northern beans
2 tbsp. Olive Oil
3 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 zest of one whole lemon
a sprinkle of sea salt
fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Directions
Zest one whole lemon into a small bowl, then squeeze one half lemon into same bowl. Add to this the oilve oil. Stir well, and keep for later.
Cook the quinoa as per package directions. Measure out 1/4 cup cooked quinoa into a mid-sized bowl
Cook up the bacon on a paper towel inside the microwave for 6 minutes. Once cool, crumble the bacon into the mid-sized bowl.
Steam the broccoli and the summer squash until fork-tender, then add to the mid-sized bowl.
Steam the spinach in a microwave-safe, bowl covered with plastic wrap for 3 minutes. Carefully remove the plastic, drain the water from the spinach, an pour spinach into the mid-sized bowl.
Drain the Great Northern Beans, rinse well, and add 1/4 cup of beans to the mid-sized bowl.
Pour the oil & lemon mixture over the contents of the mid-sized bowl and gently mix.
One large serving or two side servings.
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JACKIEALERE.
Cook the quinoa as per package directions. Measure out 1/4 cup cooked quinoa into a mid-sized bowl
Cook up the bacon on a paper towel inside the microwave for 6 minutes. Once cool, crumble the bacon into the mid-sized bowl.
Steam the broccoli and the summer squash until fork-tender, then add to the mid-sized bowl.
Steam the spinach in a microwave-safe, bowl covered with plastic wrap for 3 minutes. Carefully remove the plastic, drain the water from the spinach, an pour spinach into the mid-sized bowl.
Drain the Great Northern Beans, rinse well, and add 1/4 cup of beans to the mid-sized bowl.
Pour the oil & lemon mixture over the contents of the mid-sized bowl and gently mix.
One large serving or two side servings.
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JACKIEALERE.