This healthy lunch salad takes away hunger effectively.
Jennifer Aniston’s salad has soft feta and crunchy pistachios. Wind Lindgren
Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston’s the salad recipe started circulating on social media last summer and has since spread more and more widely. The recipe has been praised by both major media and individual influencers.
Behind the salad’s super popularity was a rumor that Jennifer Aniston would have eaten that salad every day for lunch on the set of the Frendit series for no less than ten years.
This was not the case, Aniston denied the claim later in an interview with Elle magazine. But the recipe named Jennifer Aniston’s salad is still not out of the blue, because it really is one of the actress’s favorites. No wonder. A salad that is worth tasting and caressing the body, serves protein, good fats and vitamins in the same package.
Jennifer Aniston’s salad
2 dl quinoa or bulgur
1 tsp chickpeas
half a cucumber
1 red onion
100 g feta
1 dl of pistachios
fresh parsley
fresh mint
Sauce:
juice of one lemon
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
0.5 tsp black pepper
1. Cook bulgur or quinoa according to package instructions.
2. Chop the cucumber, chop the onion and crumble the feta into the salad bowl.
3. Add cooked bulgur or quinoa, chickpeas and pistachios to the bowl.
4. Chop the herbs and mix into the salad.
5. Make the salad dressing by mixing all its ingredients together. Pour the dressing into the salad and mix.
THE FACTS
Quinoa is native to South America and the plant has a long history. Rich in amino acids, quinoa is sometimes referred to as a superfood.
Quinoa can be used in cooking, for example, like couscous or rice, that is, it works both on its own as a side dish and, for example, in nutritious salads.
Quinoa’s advantage over grains is its protein content, which effectively keeps hunger at bay. The plant is also naturally gluten-free and high in fiber.
You should always rinse quinoa properly in hot water before cooking. Rinsing removes the saponins that make the taste bitter. A suitable ratio for cooking is usually one part quinoa and two parts water. Quinoa has a mild taste, so you can add salt or a vegetable stock cube to the cooking water.