Metabolic Superfood Salad
Need a gluten free, paleo, vegan salad to help boost metabolism? This superfood salad contains the five best foods to aid in weight loss.
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 cups cooked lentils
- 2 Persian cucumbers cut lengthwise, then chopped
- 1 cup grape tomatoes cut in quarters
- ⅓ cup red onions chopped
- ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
- 1½ cups kale salad mix Trader Joe's Ready Set Salad or similar
- 1 Tbsp ground flax seed
- ½ avocado
Dressing
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp balsamic
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Cook and cool lentils down to room temperature or colder.
- Mix all ingredients from the salad list, except avocado, into a large salad bowl. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl, mix all ingredients from the salad dressing list. Whisk or cover tightly and shake until well incorporated.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and mix.
- Gently fold in the chopped avocado, being careful not to overly mash it.
- Enjoy.