Enjoy a delicious dinner in under 30 minutes with Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Salad!

Nightly swim practices have left me scrambling at dinner time more than once. Okay… it happens A LOT. I make every effort to see to it that my family eats well-balanced meals. We definitely enjoy our treats so it’s important that throughout the week that I make sure my family is eating well. I am always on the look out for foods and recipes that are easy to prepare and make smart eating easy.

Last week I was walking with my friends Rhonda and Ann and we were talking about meals that we could make for our families. My friend Ann came up with a Mediterranean pasta salad and as we were walking I could just envision this gorgeous, colorful salad that would be perfect for weeknights. The more I thought about this recipe I realized that I could make it even easier with just a few small changes. Quinoa was the perfect addition to Ann’s salad and make this dinner easy to prepare, light, bright, and delicious. Even better, this salad is delicious served warm or cold. Making it ahead and serving when we get home from swim practice makes me feel pretty darn smart 🙂

This salad contains classic Mediterranean flavors and some twists. Feel free to mix and match ingredients to customize this recipe for your families preferences. See those olives? Yeah. Those get picked off pretty quick by my boys but that’s totally okay. I’m excited they’re eating peppers and quinoa.

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Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Salad

Enjoy a delicious dinner in under 30 minutes with Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Salad!

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword mediterranean chicken quinoa salad

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 389kcal

Author Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked quinoa
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 garlic cloves smashed
22 oz diced chicken breast Tyson Grilled & Ready
3/4 cup red onion diced
3/4 cup red bell pepper diced
1/2 cup kalamata olives chopped
3 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
2 tbsp fresh chives chopped
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

Prepare quinoa according to package instructions replacing water with chicken broth and adding garlic cloves.
While quinoa is cooking, prepare chicken according to package instructions.
Combine onion, bell pepper, olives, feta cheese, parsly, and chives in a bowl.
Combine lemon juice and balsamic vinegar. Whisk in olive oil and set dressing aside.
Gently stir in chicken, quinoa and dressing until thoroughly mixed.
Serve immediately or refrigerate and serve cold