Blueberry Superfood Salad – We Heart Local BC

Blueberry Superfood Salad

Blueberry Superfood Salad

BC Blueberry Council

A quick and easy salad using local superfood: BC Blueberries. Drizzle with Flax Lemon Vinaigrette.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (200 g) Raw kale – stem removed and chopped
  • 1 ½ cups (225 g) BC Blueberries – fresh or frozen
  • 1 ½ cups (225 g) Cooked quinoa – cooled (2/3 cup uncooked quinoa)
  • 1 cup (150 g) Raw beet – peeled and grated
  • 3 tbsp (30 g) Hemp hearts
  • 1/3 cup (80 ml) Flax lemon vinaigrette
  • ¼ cup (35 g) Sunflower seeds

Cooking Instructions

  1. In a bowl combine kale, blueberries, cooled quinoa, grated beet, hemp hearts, and flax lemon vinaigrette.
  2. Top with sunflower seeds.

Flax Lemon Vinaigrette

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) Flax seed oil
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) Lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) Fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) Honey
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) Finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Salt
  • 1/4 tsp (1.5 ml) Turmeric powder – optional

Cooking Instructions

  1. In a bowl, whisk together lemon juice, parsley, honey, lemon zest, pepper, salt, and turmeric.
  2. Slowly drizzle in the flax seed oil until emulsified.

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