Rainbow Protein Salad

When you have fresh good quality ingredients, you can’t go wrong when assembling a salad. As long as you don’t overdo the dressing IMO, then a salad can be wonderful main that won’t weigh you down for any summer fun you have planned. Or if you’re working, this is a great salad to keep your blood sugar balanced and energy high.

This salad is absolutely delicious, full of fibre, protein and a good amount of crunch.

We are in Austria right now and the other week my hubby whipped up this salad for everyone for lunch and we’ve had at least 3-4 times for lunch or dinner because it’s fulfilling and flavourful. I just knew it needed a home on the blog! We barely use the oven when we are here so this is why it was helpful to have some canned tuna and chickpeas on a hand.

As you can see, summer’s bounty is in this salad, but it’s one you can make anytime of year.

• Gluten-free and dairy free (although, some feta would be lovely!)
• Kid-approved and crowd-pleasing (a great salad to serve family and friends)
• Packed with a variety of vitamins and minerals such a vitamin A, C, folate, magnesium, potassium, tons of antioxidants
• Rich in soluble and insoluble fibre for a healthy digestive system
• Excellent source of animal and plant-based protein from tuna and chickpeas giving you a wide variety of amino acids for excellent health

Whether we are on vacation or at home, we eat salads daily. Some of our other favourite salads to enjoy are:

•  Peach Arugula Salad
•  Chickpea Yum Yum Salad
•  Scrumptious Salad with Hummus Dressing
•  Good Vibrations Corn Avocado Salad
•  Broccoli and Cranberry Salad with Creamy Dill Dressing


Here’s the recipe.

Rainbow Protein Salad

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The scrumptious and healthy salad is an excellent source of protein, healthy fats and fibre. It is gluten-free and dairy-free. Should you wish to make it vegan, simply omit the tuna.

Servings 4

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Ingredients  

• 1 radicchio chopped
• 1-2 hearts romaine lettuce
• 1 sweet yellow pepper chopped
• 2 carrots chopped
• 4 tomatoes on the vine chopped
• Half cucumber chopped
• 1 cup cooked chickpeas drained and rinsed
• 1 can flaked tuna or wild salmon drained
• Juice from 1-2 lemons
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Sea salt + pepper to taste

Instructions 

• Combine salad ingredients including radicchio, romaine, sweet yellow pepper, tomatoes, cucumber and carrots into a large bowl. Toss in chickpeas and tuna.
• In a small bowl, combine lemon juice and olive oil. Pour dressing ingredients over top of salad. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
• Store any leftovers in the fridge. Keeps for one day.

Notes

Serves 4 as a side or 2 as a main

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I hope you enjoy this!

Joy xo