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Greek Salad Mason Jars

Greek Salad Mason Jars with homemade tzatziki are an easy, healthy, quick meal prep option to set you up for success for your week! 
Course Salad
Cuisine Greek
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Quinoa Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 5 Mason Jars

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Quinoa, Uncooked
  • 1 Small Container, 424 g Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 Medium Cucumber
  • ½ Red Onion

Tzatziki

  • 1 Cup Cucumber, Grated Approximately 1 small english cucumber
  • 1 Cup Plain Yogurt I used Silk Unsweetened Coconut Yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp Fresh Dill
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
  • ¼ Tsp Salt

Instructions

  • Cook quinoa as per stated directions. Allow to cool after cooking.
  • Chop cherry tomatoes and cucumbers into bite size pieces. 
    Cherry tomatoes I will half or quarter. And cucumbers I will slice and then quarter each slice.
  • Dice red onion. I prefer to dice smaller to only get a little bit in each bite.
  • After quinoa has cooled, build mason jars. Start with quinoa on bottom, layer on cucumbers into each jar, then cherry tomatoes, and lastly sprinkle red onion on top.

Homemade Tzatziki

  • Grate cucumber
  • Using paper towel or cheese cloth, squeeze out cucumber to remove as much moisture as possible
  • In a small mixing bowl, mix together cucumber, yogurt, olive oil, dill, lemon juice, minced garlic cloves, and salt.
  • Allow tzatziki to sit for 1 hour in fridge. 
  • Dollop desired amount of tzatziki on each mason jar before you take them for lunch.