CREAMY TOMATO, BELL PEPPER & WHITE BEAN POWER SALAD

By Geneviève Plante, Author, speaker and food blogger

CREAMY TOMATO, BELL PEPPER & WHITE BEAN POWER SALAD

Photo credit: Laura G. Diaz

This salad is everything: creative, nourishing, and just perfect for back-to-school lunchboxes!

The twist? A super smooth whipped cottage cheese dressing made with Bio-K+ Original Unsweetened probiotic drink (dairy). Once tossed with the salad, it’s a burst of freshness, flavor, and texture in every bite!

It’s an easy, mild, and surprisingly delicious way to incorporate probiotics into your daily routine!

 

INGREDIENTS

Salad

¼ cup uncooked quinoa

1½ cups cooked cannellini beans, rinsed and drained (398 ml if using canned)

150 g cherry tomatoes, diced

½ cup thinly sliced red onion

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 large handful fresh dill, finely chopped

Pinch of sea salt

Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon wedge

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

 

Dressing

1 cup cottage cheese

1 bottle of Bio-K+ Original Unsweetened (milk-based) drinkable probiotic 

1 tsp honey

50 g goat cheese

½ tsp garlic powder

½ tsp sea salt

 

INSTRUCTIONS 

  1. Cook quinoa according to package directions. Set aside to cool.
  1. In a small blender, combine all dressing ingredients and blend until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator.
  1. In a medium bowl, combine quinoa, cannellini beans, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, and dill. Add sea salt, olive oil, lemon juice, and toss well to coat. Set aside.
  1. To serve, spread the dressing onto two plates. Top with the salad and enjoy!

Geneviève Plante

Author, speaker and food blogger

About the author

Creativity, authenticity, and intuition are the guiding principles of Geneviève’s daily cooking. This true foodie has been sharing her passion for the past few years through her culinary blog Vert Couleur Persil, whose mission is to inspire people to put more greens on their plates. She offers healthy, gourmet, colorful, simple, and sometimes daring recipes. She has written six cookbooks: Histoires de salades (2016), Houmous & Cie (2017), Vert Couleur Persil (Éditions La Presse - 2019), Les Collations(2020), Bientôt dans votre assiette (Éditions La Presse 2021) and L'heure de la soupe (Éditions La Presse 2022).

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