Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Bowl

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5 cups quinoa

  uncooked, or 4 cups cooked
• 2 medium chicken breasts

  diced into bite-sized pieces
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1.5 tablespoons olive oil

  for cooking
• 1 cup cucumber

  diced
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes

  halved
• 1 cup bell pepper

  diced red and/or green
• ¼ red onion

  sliced
• ½ cup black olives
• ¼ cup chopped mint
• ¼ cup chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Juice of ½ lemon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup crumbled or cubed feta
• ½ cup Greek yogurt
• Extra parsley and mint
• A handful of nuts such as pistachios,

  walnuts, or almonds

Instructions

• 1 Cook the quinoa. To make 4 cups of cooked quinoa, you need 1.5 cups quinoa and 2
  + ¼ cups water and ⅔ teaspoon salt. Rinse the quinoa and strain. Combine the
  quinoa and water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the heat.
  Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit, covered, for
  10 minutes more. Then, remove the lid and fluff with a fork!
• 2 Marinate the chicken. Cut the chicken breasts into bite-size pieces and place
  them in a bowl. Drizzle lemon juice and olive oil and sprinkle the spices,
  oregano, salt and pepper on top. Toss through using your hands.
• 3 Cook the chicken. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large frying pan/skillet
  over medium-high. Once hot, add the chicken pieces and cook for 4 minutes each
  side, Then drizzle with about a tablespoon of honey and stir through for another
  30 seconds to a minute. Remove from heat and rest.
• 4 Make the salad. While the chicken is cooking, mix the salad. Place all
  ingredients in a bowl, add lemon juice, salt, pepper, fresh herbs, and feta and
  toss through.
• 5 Assemble quinoa bowls. Per bowl, add 1 cup of cooked quinoa, cooked chicken
  pieces, mixed salad, top with extra feta cheese and a few extra olives, and
  garnish with extra herbs, a dollop of Greek yogurt and nuts.

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