
How To Make Balsamic Chicken Salad with Lemon Quinoa Recipe
Start your day with a healthy and delicious low carb breakfast salad made with fresh veggies and drizzled with a home-made dijon mustard dressing.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupssalad leafy greens of choice
- ½cup cherry tomatoes sliced
- 1asparagus spears sliced in half
- 4bacon rashers short cut, trimmed of all fat and diced
- 2soft boiled eggs
- salt to taste
- 1Tbspolive oil
- ½tspDijon mustard
- ½tsphoney
- 2tspmilk
- salt to season
Instructions
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Place eggs and asparagus spears into a small to medium-sized pot or saucepan, and cover with water until just covering the eggs.
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Bring to a gentle simmer, and allow to simmer for 4 to 6 minutes or longer for hard-boiled eggs. After the time is up, drain water and fill the saucepan with cold water.
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Drain again and fill with cold water until the water stays cool.
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Meanwhile, fry bacon on a nonstick pan sprayed with cooking oil spray until crispy.
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Combine all salad dressing ingredients together in a smaller bowl, and whisk until combined.
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Place spinach, rocket or arugula, and asparagus together on your serving plates or bowls.
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Top with cooked bacon pieces, eggs, and drizzle with dressing.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 424.20kcal
- Fat:Â 34.71g
- Saturated Fat:Â 10.11g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 16.87g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 5.22g
- Carbohydrates:Â 14.66g
- Fiber:Â 2.48g
- Sugar:Â 11.88g
- Protein:Â 14.44g
- Cholesterol:Â 187.99mg
- Sodium:Â 709.03mg
- Calcium:Â 51.83mg
- Potassium:Â 614.24mg
- Iron:Â 1.51mg
- Vitamin A: 145.11µg
- Vitamin C:Â 24.47mg
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