Chickpea & Quinoa Salad

(Use organic ingredients whenever possible).

A colorful and delicious salad that can be eaten as a complete meal. This recipe delivers an energizing source of complex carbohydrates, along with fiber, iron, and healthy polyunsaturated fats. The quinoa provides all 9 essential amino acids, and the bell peppers give nearly your daily requirement for vitamin C.

 ½ cup Willow Creek Organic Chickpeas
 ½ cup Willow Creek Organic Quinoa
 ¼ cup cucumber, grated
 ½ cup red bell pepper, diced
 ½ cup yellow bell pepper, diced
 ¼ cup red onion, thinly sliced
 2 tbsp capers
 ½ cup fresh spinach, sliced
 2 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley
 ¼ cup Willow Creek Organic Sunflower Seeds , toasted
Dressing
 2 tbsp Willow Creek Organic Flax Oil
 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
 1 tsp brown sugar
 2 tsp zest and juice of one lime
 salt and Willow Creek Organic Pepper to taste

1

Precook quinoa and chickpeas prior to starting recipe.

2

Combine all ingredients of salad in bowl.

3

Mix dressing together and toss into salad.