Good Evening!
Some times the simplest things are the most satisfying like...
Wild green salad with creamy Black Beans, Quinoa and Chicken



(*All seasonings are to taste in my opinion so I won't tell you how much to add including salt and pepper...)

You will need:
One Lemon
One Lime
3 Avocado (ripe)
Four pieces chicken breast
Homemade or store bought herb dressing 1/4 Cup
1/2 cup Quinoa
One can Black beans

1/4 Greek Yoghurt
2 Fresh Serrano pepper
Garlic Powder
Cayenne pepper
Cumin



To Start marinate trimmed chicken with dressing in bowl up to a day ahead (the vinegars in the dressing along with salt will tenderize the meat).

I used a salt bowl to mix three avocados with cumin and juice of one lemon (the salt bowl did the trick but if you don't have one add salt to taste) and set aside.

While mixing up your avocado put a little olive oil on bottom of smaller pot and add red or regular 1/2 cup quinoa to the heated pan and immediately one cup water as well as one Serrano pepper halved lengthwise let boil and reduce to simmer twenty minutes. When finished let stand to cool.

At this point start heating up your griddle to med/high heat on stove for chicken (lightly oil the pan).

Rinse one can of beans and add greek yoghurt with juice of one lime and chopped Serrano pepper as well as salt and cayenne- if you are shy to heat skip the cayenne or the Serrano as they are spicy (the pepper even more than the dried cayenne). Mix well. Chill.

Add chicken to griddle and cook 4 min or so on each side. Take off heat and rest before cutting into bite-sized pieces. At this point you can take out some mixed greens and place them on plates.

You can salt your greens if you wish. Add beans to each plate, quinoa chilled, a dollop of avocado mixture and chicken. A great GF compliment is chips and salsa. You may top with a little Olive oil but otherwise the yoghurt sauce is enough to coat the salad. Top this salad with as much or little of the ingredients as you like. There will probably be some left over. Another compliment to this would be sliced tomato or red onion, maybe some fried plantains.
Bon appetite
xoxo,
Renee