Greek Chicken Bowls

Found this recipe at myrecipes.com - I tweaked it a bit so will give you how I made it, if you want to see the original recipe just click here.

Ingredients:

• 2 lemons
• 4 (6 oz each) boneless, skinless chicken breast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided (divided means you won't use it all at once, watch the directions for when you use different amounts of the ingredient)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper, divided 
• 8 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 2 cups cooked quinoa (follow package directions, I cooked mine in chicken broth)
• 2 cups kale blend baby lettuce mix
• 1 1/3 cups halved grape tomatoes
• 1 cup thinly sliced baby cucumbers
• 1/2 cup kalamata olives, halved
• 3 ounced feta cheese crumbles (about 3/4 cup)

Directions:

1. Zest and juice lemons to equal 1 teaspoon zest and 4 tablespoons juice. Rub chicken with lemon zest and 1/2 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. Grill until cooked thru, then chop into bite sized pieces.
2. Whisk together Dijon, oregano, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl.
3. Toss together quinoa, kale, tomatoes, cucumber, olives and feta with the dressing

makes 4 servings

PS: I posted the other day how to zest a lemon, just FYI if you're unsure click here.

Quinoa Salad

I was home for lunch and starving, of course I couldn't find anything to eat that sounded good - about the only thing in the fridge was some leftover quinoa from making the spinach and beet salad the other night (click here for that post) so decided to throw together a quick salad. A can of garbanzo beans, some feta cheese, a handful of fresh cilantro, chopped sun dried tomatoes (told you I didn't have much on hand - I raided the pantry to see what sounded like it would go good!) and tossed with olive oil, a splash of lemon juice, salt and pepper. This turned out to be yummy and satisfying - Dave even liked it! Quinoa salad! I wouldn'ta thunk it hahaha. Sometimes throwing stuff together turns out great (and sometimes it doesn't, but that's a different story)!