Grilled Chicken Quinoa Salad
 
Ingredients
  • 1 package boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa (I liked the tri-colored kind because it’s pretty)
  • 1 red bell pepper diced small
  • ½ mango diced small
  • ½ fresh pineapple diced small
  • ½ cup toasted sliced almonds (toast in a dry pan until you can smell them)
  • ½ cup unsweetened dried coconut
  • 1 cup frozen edamame shelled
  • Zest and juice of 1 lime
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ tsp chipotle seasoning (if you like it spicy…)
  • 1-2 cups orange juice
  • 1 T minced garlic
  • 1 T dried cumin
  • 1 T dried oregano
  • Zest and juice of 1 lime (reserve juice for serving)
Instructions
  1. Combine the chicken, orange juice, garlic, cumin, oregano, and zest of 1 lime for the marinade in a freezer bag and let it sit in the fridge for ½- 1 hr
  2. Grill the chicken. Cut into small pieces and squeeze lime juice over the cooked chicken
  3. Cook the quinoa and let cool in the fridge
  4. Chop all the veggies and fruit and mix together the rest of the ingredients into a big bowl
  5. Add the quinoa when cooled and grilled chicken
  6. Done.. all the food groups!!!
Recipe by Monique McBride at https://moniquemcbride.com/grilled-chicken-quinoa-salad/