Description
Spin those salad wheels with this Basic + Awesome Chicken Quinoa Salad that’s easy to customize. Cherry tomatoes, shredded bits of artichoke, tender chicken, and fluffy quinoa all snuggled between pieces of fresh spinach.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or diced (I use pulled rotisserie chicken)
- 1 cup cooked quinoa (I buy this pre-packaged, usually comes in 8-10 ounce packages)
- 1-2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- one 14-ounce can chopped artichokes, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup vinaigrette of choice (I used the Panera at Home Greek dressing)
- a handful of spinach or other fresh greens of choice
- salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl until well-combined.
- Season to taste. YOU’RE DONE!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Toss
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition Facts
Serves 4
Calories Per Serving: 298
% Daily Value
- Daily value: 16% Total Fat 12.2g
- Daily value: 18% Cholesterol 52.5mg
- Daily value: 18% Sodium 405.8mg
- Daily value: 9% Total Carbohydrate 25.4g
- Daily value: 24% Dietary Fiber 6.6g
- Sugars 6.3g
- Daily value: 46% Protein 22.8g
- Daily value: 12% Vitamin A 111.3µg
- Daily value: 22% Vitamin C 19.8mg
- Daily value: 15% Iron 2.7mg
- Daily value: 16% Potassium 729mg
- Daily value: 23% Phosphorus 286.5mg
Keywords: chicken quinoa salad, quinoa salad, chicken salad
