Salad in a Jar

By SpartyGreenMom

Ingredients

• Makes 2 salads (Salads pictured were made in 32 oz mason jars)
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 2 big handfuls spinach
• 1 cup chopped mushrooms
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 4 tbsp balsamic vinagrette

Preparation

Step 1

Layer the ingredients in the jar as follows:
dressing of your choice
onion
mushrooms
tomatoes
quinoa
spinach

The most important part of the layering is making sure the dressing and the spinach (or whatever ‘leaf’ you choose) don’t touch. As long as they stay separate, these salads can be made up to 4 days in advance and will stay fresh in the fridge with a lid on. This is one of my tricks to eating salad everyday for lunch at work. I make a few jars on Sunday night and just grab one to bring to work everyday. When you’re ready to eat, just shake it up.