Chicken Salad with, Roast Pumpkin, Black Lentils and Spinach Tzatziki

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole organic chicken

  • 1 onion cut in half

  • 1 carrot cut in cubes

  • 5 to 6 peppercorns

  • 1 bay leaf

  • 1 stick celery

  • 1/2 cup black lentils

  • 2 spring onions chopped

  • 1 small pumpkin

  • 1 clove garlic chopped

  • olive oil

  • 1 1/2 cup yogurt

  • 2 cups spinach

  • 1 glove garlic chopped

  • olive oil

  • salt and pepper

Direction

  • Place the chicken in a large pot with onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf and peppercorns, add water to cover. Bring to a boil.Reduce heat and cook for about 90 min. Remove chicken ,let cool and shred and the meat.
  • Rinse your lentils with fresh water before boiling to remove any dust or debris. Cook on a pot using 3 cups of water, salt, pepper and olive oil. Bring to a boil until tenter. Drain the lentils and let them cool down. Season with salt, pepper and olive oil.
  • Cut the pumpkins into to cubes. Place the pumpkin on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with the garlic , salt and pepper. Roast at 180c until soft about 40 min.
  • Place the yogurt, spinach, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper in a mixer.Beat well until the mixture homogenized.
  • In a dip bowl place the shredded chicken, add the half spinach tzatziki and season with salt and pepper. Mixed well

How to serve

  • In a plate place first the baked pumpkin, then 2 tbsp lentils and then spring onion. On the top place the chicken salad. Toss the salad  with a little more of the spinach sauce and garnish with fresh spinach leaves.

How to pack your food to go…

Start with filling the spinach tzatziki into a jar, and then layer the chicken, pumpkin, lentils and the fresh spinach. Keep the jar in the fridge. Ready to go!

Nutrition Facts

245 g of cooked pumpkin contains

  • cal : 49

  • Fat: 0,2 g

  • Protein: 2 g

  • Carbs: 12 g

  • Fiber: 3 g

  • Vitamin A: 245% of the RDI

  • Vitamin C: 19% of the RDI

  • Potassium: 16% of the RDI

  • Copper: 16% of the RDI

  • Manganese: 16% of the RDI

  • Vitamin B2: 11% of the RDI

  • Vitamin E: 10% of the RDI

  • Iron: 8% of the RDI

One cup of raw spinach

  • cal : 7

  • Protein: 0,86 g

  • Calcium: 30 mg

  • Iron: 0,81 g

  • Magnesium: 24 mg

  • Potassium: 167 mg

  • Vitamin A: 2,813 (IU)

  • Folate: 58 micrograms

Lentils (100gr)

  • cal : 116

  • Total fat: 0,1 g

  • Potassium: 369 mg

  • Total carb: 20 g

  • Dietary fiber: 8 g

  • Calcium: 1 %

  • Vitamin C: 2 %

  • Iron: 18 %

  • Vitamin B-6: 10 %

  • Magnesium: 9 %

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