Inflammation could be preventing you from losing weight. Beat it on your lunch break with nutritionist Julie Daniluk’s satisfying salad
Healing Salad in a Jar
Serves 2
4 tbsp roasted garlic vinaigrette
½ small red onion, diced
165g cooked black beans
1 apple, chopped
1 large carrot, grated
20g walnuts
150g cooked red quinoa
2 handfuls spinach or rocket
For the roasted garlic vinaigrette
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp water
1 tsp dried basil
2 tbsp raw honey
¼ tsp pink rock salt
2 roasted garlic cloves
Method:
1 First, make the dressing. Place all the dressing ingredients in a blender for 30 seconds.
2 Put the dressing in the bottom of two 32oz Mason jars with tight fitting lids. 3 Add the salad ingredients in layers, in order starting from the top of the list.
4 Shake well just before serving to coat all ingredients.
Extracted from Slimming Meals That Heal: Lose Weight Without Dieting Using Anti-Inflammatory Superfoods, Julie Daniluk (Hay House, £18.99)