Bento Bliss: Mixed greens with quinoa and barley with red pepper dressing


On a sizzling  hot day , I knew I had to make a detox salad within time constraint. Instantly came up with this recipe :
Prep time is 20 minutes including the dressing.
For the salad, you will need a bag of organic mixed greens, coarsely chopped granny smith apple pieces, grapes, pomogranates,pearl tomatoes,blueberries ,raisins, walnuts and sliced almonds.
For the grains, add cooked quinoa(1/4 cup) and 1 tablespoon cooked barley if you are ok with gluten.
Mash 2 ripe apricots with about 1 teaspoons grated ginger,freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon , 1 tsp agave syrup and some freshly ground pepper. Boil it ,until the apricot mixture is thick. Mix all the ingredients including the apricot sauce with salad hands thorougly . Salad is ready.

For the dressing, roast a medium sized red pepper with 5 pods of garlic in oil and blend to fluid consistency. Salt is optional..

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