Greek Style Quinoa Salad

We likey a lotta salads around here! My daughter Madeline's favorite salad, by far, is a Greek salad! She is all about the tangy kalamata olives, the salty, creamy feta cheese, and the bite of raw onions.

I am trying to mix it up in regards to school lunches... My girl's bring a cold lunch, since school lunches have much to be desired. There are some rare decent choices, but you know if you are eating away from home, you are likely consuming GMO (genetically modified organisms) foods, and most certainly pesticides, etc.

So, adding another fun salad to the arsenal. Since Madeline favorite cold lunch is Quinoa salad, I decided to do a fun Greek Style Quinoa Salad!

Greek Style Quinoa Salad


1 C uncooked quinoa
1 cucumber diced
1 tomato diced
1 medium onion diced
1 avocado diced
12 or more kalmata olives chopped
raw feta cheese to taste
1 C of  my Greek Style Salad Dressing

Cook quinoa as directed on package. Usually it is 1 C quinoa, to 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer, and cook approx. 12 - 15 minutes. Uncover, fluff like you would rice, and allow to cool! This will make approx. 4 cups of cooked quinoa.
Add all ingredients into a bowl, then toss gently. Avocado breaks apart easily so be careful!

*You could easily double the veg here. I make it more quinoa ratio to the veg ratio here. You could make it more chopped veg to quinoa if desired!
*With all the raw vegetables, you are getting all of the nutrients and enzymes present in raw food! Your daily goal should be at LEAST 50% raw.
* I don't know if avocado is in the vein of Greek style, but I don't care. Avocado makes everything better... and it is a SUPER FOOD!
*I only use raw sheep's milk feta. Pasteurized milk products, pasteurized ANYTHING is damaging to human health! It ruins anything that may have been beneficial in the milk, and is denatured. Sheep's milk is also and A2 milk, which isn't harmful to humans like A1 milk most often found in our dairy products in the U.S.. Those with dairy allergy, can often consume raw sheep and goat milk products.

This is delicious and nutritious! Quinoa is a superfood in so many ways! As is the delicious, creamy, heavenly avocado! Onions have antibiotic properties, and are powerfully antiviral, and anticancer too! Cucumbers are a misunderstood, and underestimated vegetable! They are also a superfood! It is highest of the alkaline scale of vegetables! An alkaline pH won't allow disease or illness. Kalamata olives are a source of essential fats, their deep rich color offers phtyonutrients, and are just dang tasty! Raw sheep's milk Feta cheese also has SURPRISING health benefits, like being powerful against food born illness/ or food poisoning. Wow.

Yours in health,
Natalie