Need a Salad Idea?

I have the day off today and as per my usual bad habit, I skipped breakfast .....
As most of us have heard skipping breakfast is a big no-no, and well, I'm guilty, again.

I did however make a nice healthy lunch!


Soup and a salad :)

I  love making homemade chopped salads, and you can have a field day mixing and matching different fresh ingredients that most of us have already in our refrigerators.

Today I found some chopped romaine, tomato, spring onion, Swiss cheese, and quinoa salad, and made a super simple homemade rice wine vinaigrette.



For the Salad:
1 Head of Romaine lettuce- Chopped
2 "on the vine" tomatoes- Sliced
4 tips of spring onion tips (just the whites and light green ends)- Minced
2 Slices of Swiss Cheese- Diced
2 Cups of cooked Quinoa

For the simple Vinaigrette:

1 Tablespoon of Rice Wine Vinegar
3 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 shake of Lawrys Seasoned Salt
A few grinds of Fresh Black Pepper
(after combining these ingredients into a small bowl and quickly whisk together, or put into a salad dressing bottle and shake until it makes a nice emulsion)

The Quinoa, which is high in protein, is a very filling component of this salad.  Unfarmiliar with Quinoa?
Check out this link from the Whole Foods website and you'll quickly learn why you should add it into your favorite recipes:

Whole Foods: Quinoa 
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice