Chicken quinoa salad

Name: Chicken quinoa salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa, cooked (185 g); 200 g roasted chicken breast, weighed cooked; 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved (149 g); 1 cup cucumber, diced (104 g); 1 oz feta, crumbled (28.4 g); 1 tbsp olive oil (13.5 g); juice of ½ lemon lemon juice (24 g); Salt, pepper, and dried oregano; Chopped parsley or mint, if you like

A meal-prep salad of quinoa, sliced chicken breast, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and feta with a lemon dressing.

397calories

38 gprotein

26 gcarbs

15 gfat

Per serving, 1 of 2. Calories and macros from USDA values for the amounts below.

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Ingredients

Quinoa, cooked1 cup · 185 g222 cal
Roasted chicken breast, weighed cooked200 g330 cal
Cherry tomatoes, halved1 cup · 149 g27 cal
Cucumber, diced1 cup · 104 g16 cal
Feta, crumbled1 oz · 28.4 g75 cal
Olive oil1 tbsp · 13.5 g119 cal
Lemon juicejuice of ½ lemon · 24 g5 cal
Whole recipe, 2 servings794 cal

To taste, not counted: salt, pepper, and dried oregano; chopped parsley or mint, if you like. They add a few calories at most.

Method

Cook the quinoa and let it cool, or use 1 cup of cooked quinoa.
Use leftover roasted chicken, or roast or pan-cook chicken breasts until the thickest part reaches 74 °C (165 °F). Rest for 5 minutes, slice, and weigh out 200 g.
Whisk the oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add the quinoa, tomatoes, and cucumber and toss to coat.
Divide between two bowls or containers and top with the chicken and feta.

Make ahead and store: Pack the salad into two containers. It is meant to be eaten cold. Refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking and eat within 3 to 4 days.

How the calories add up

Each serving has about 38 g of protein, 31 g of it from the chicken.
The oil and feta together add 194 of the 794 calories. Halving the oil saves about 59.
Quinoa is weighed cooked. Dry quinoa is a separate USDA entry with far more calories per 100 g, because cooking adds water.

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Recipe by the Calorify team. Nutrition is calculated from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) values for the amounts listed, then rounded. It is an estimate, not a lab analysis, and your ingredients and portions may differ. Times are approximate. General information, not individualized nutrition advice. Read our editorial approach.