Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl

Ingredients

• Quinoa

  Uncooked

  ½ cup or 85g

• Spinach

  Raw

  1 cup or 30g

• Feta cheese

  ½ cup, crumbled or 75g

• Kalamata Olives

  Nature's Promise

  10 olives or 38g

• Red Onion

  Freshdirect

  ¼ small raw or 17g

• Hummus

  Commercial

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Mild Ajvar

  Podravka

  ¼ cup or 50g

• Cucumber

  With peel, raw

  ½ cup slices or 52g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tsp or 5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Rinse the quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer, then cook according to package directions in lightly salted water until tender; fluff with a fork.
2. While the quinoa cooks, thinly slice the red onion and cucumber, slice the olives, and crumble the feta if needed.
3. Divide the hot or room-temperature quinoa between two bowls. Top with spinach, cucumber, olives, feta, hummus, and ajvar. Finish with lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste; toss gently and serve.