For this dish, I wanted to play around with fresh mint. I've never used it before so I wanted to keep all the ingredients simple so as to not have too many different flavors going on. The ending result was delicious, fresh, filling, oh yeah- and healthy!
I made it at night so that I wouldn't have to worry about making lunch before heading to work. With that being the case, I ate it cold. It was good cold, and I'm sure it will taste just as good hot, it's up to you!
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup quinoa cooked (directions on cooking are on the box)
- Chicken (I used precooked chicken from Trader Joes)
- 1/2 cup arugula
- 1/4 sweet onion
- 5 mini tomatoes
- 1/4 cup finely chopped mint
- 1 garlic clove
- Garlic powder to taste
- Cooking spray
Directions:
- Finely chop the garlic clove and place on a pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray (this saves calories instead of using olive oil)
- Chop the onion and place in the foil as well and let brown with the cloves for about 5 minutes
- Add the tomatoes and chicken to the pan, as well as the mint
- Sprinkle garlic powder on top and cook all the ingredients together until you see fit
- Have the quinoa cooking at the same time
- Mix the arugula in after both are done cooking
- When both are done you can either enjoy it then or save it for lunch the next day at work like I did :)
