Layered Salad-in-a-Jar

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 Tbsp Avolantro-Lime Vinaigrette
  • ½ cup black beans, rinsed & dried
  • handful of cherry or grape tomatoes
  • ½ of a green pepper, chopped
  • ½ cup cooked, cold quinoa
  • handful of organic mixed greens
Instructions:
  1. Start out with the dressing in the bottom of the jar
  2. Next add the black beans (or whatever the heaviest ingredient is)
  3. Followed by the next heaviest ingredient (in this case, the tomatoes)
  4. Then the peppers (or the next heaviest ingredient)
  5. Add the quinoa with the greens on the top
  6. Don’t pack it in too tight, or there wont be room to shake
  7. Seal the lid on & store in the fridge
  8. When ready (with the lid on) shake the jar to mix everything
  9. Either transfer to a plate or eat out of the jar
  Source: http://theblondebuckeye.com/2013/08/layered-salad-in-a-jar/]]>