Who says salad isn’t for breakfast? What better way to start your day than with all the vital nutrients a salad brings? This tasty salad makes for a great, savory breakfast. It combines fresh greens with a variety of nutritious ingredients to start your day off with all your body needs to be its best.

* While this recipe is written for one person, it is easy to multiply it for each additional person you’re serving. i.e. for 4 people, add 4 c arugula, 4 eggs, etc.

Mediterranean Inspired Breakfast Salad

Yield: 1 (easy to double for 2 people)

Author: Carla Matthews

This tasty salad makes for a great, savory breakfast. It combines fresh greens with a variety of nutritious ingredients to start your day off with all your body needs to be its best.

Ingredients

For the salad

1 cup of arugula
2/3 cup cooked quinoa (make it easy by using leftover quinoa)
1 hard-boiled egg, peeled and sliced (can sub soft boiled or poached egg)
1 heaping TBSP hummus
1 TBSP shelled pistachios
1 TBSP chopped roasted or fresh tomatoes
1 TBSP Crumbled feta

Dressing - makes extra

4 TBSP of extra virgin olive oil (can sub with avocado oil)
2 TBSP lemon juice
1 tsp prepared pesto

Instructions

In a wide shallow bowl, start the base of your salad by smearing the hummus across the bottom. Next, arrange the arugula on top of the hummus and the quinoa on top of the arugula. Then distribute the chopped tomatoes and toasted pistachios evenly on the quinoa. Top with the crumbled feta. Add the egg and then drizzle desired amount of pesto dressing over the top and it’s ready to eat.