Hearty Quinoa Salad

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 carrot cut into quarters then thinly sliced 
• 1/2 celery stalk sliced in two then thinly sliced 
• 2-4 tablespoons roughly chopped avocado
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds 
• 1 tablespoon pepitas 
• 1-4 tablespoons of fermented vegetables - optional (sauerkraut, kimchi or other fermented veggies) 
• 1 tablespoon chives roughly chopped 
• 1 tablespoon parsley roughly chopped 
• small handful of spinach leaves roughly chopped 
• 1 cup of cooked quinoa (soaked and lightly sprouted before cooking) 

Dressing: 

• 1 tablespoon Tamari 
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice 
• 1 tablespoon EPO (or olive oil, flaxseed oil, coconut oil) 

Method: 

• Basically throw everything into a bowl, mix dressing together separately and then mix through ingredients in bowl. Enjoy! 

Note: 

• Walnuts also work very well in place of the sunflower seeds and pepitas. 
• Quinoa is an excellent complete protein source. 
• Fermented vegetables are highly nutritious living foods and natural probiotics. It is cheap and easy to make your own; if you do wish to buy them, make sure it is from a specialist health food shop as these will be of excellent quality.