Balsamic Beet and Seed Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 321.3
  • Total Fat: 16.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 352.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 34.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.2 g
  • Protein: 8.7 g

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Introduction

Very filling and tasty salad-- makes a great jar salad that will keep for a week in the fridge Very filling and tasty salad-- makes a great jar salad that will keep for a week in the fridge
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    4 Beets, boiled, chopped into bite size pieces
    2 bags Spinach & Arugula (Fresh Express salad mix)
    1 cup cooked red quinoa (.25 cup dry)
    .5 cup chopped Carrots
    2 cup chopped Red Cabbage
    .75 cup pumpkin seeds (shelled-- pepitas, roasted and salted)

    Vinaigrette
    4T Olive Oil
    4T Balsamic Vinegar
    Juice and Zest of one Cutie clementine orange
    1t Ginger
    1t Cinnamon


Directions

Divide all ingredients evenly in four jars:

put beets in bottom of jar, add vinaigrette (appx. 3 T of vinaigrette per jar)

Top with carrot, onions, and cabbage.

Stuff jar with spinach and arugula.

Top the greens with 3T of pepitas.

top that with .25 c of cooked quinoa.

Serving Size: 4 large mason jar salad jars

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LUNARRACOON.