Kickstart Your New Year with Some Meal Prep Inspiration

5 Mix & Match Mason Jar Salad recipes
Ingredients

• 1-2 chicken breasts (depends on how many jars you're making – 1 breast per two jars is standard)
• 1 cup quinoa (dry)

Tex Mex salad jars

• chicken
• cherry tomatoes, sliced
• red onion, diced
• grated violife cheddar cheese
• lettuce, chopped

Tex Mex dressing

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 pinch each salt and pepper

Greek salad jars

• chickpeas
• cucumber
• cherry tomatoes, sliced
• red onion, diced
• baby spinach

Greek dressing

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 pinch each salt and pepper

Caprese salad jars

• quinoa
• cherry tomatoes, sliced
• violife mozzarella cheese
• red onion, diced
• baby spinach

 
Balsamic dressing

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 pinch each salt and pepper

Ranch salad jars

• chicken
• cucumber
• cherry tomatoes, sliced
• grated cheddar cheese
• lettuce, chopped

Ranch dressing

• Organic Sour Cream
• Dill
• Parsley
• Onion Powder
• Garlic Powder
• Chives

Green goddess salad jars

• chickpeas
• quinoa
• cucumber
• Sugar Snap Peas
• spinach

Green goddess dressing

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp packed cilantro or parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp sour cream
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 pinch each salt & pepper

Instructions

• Cook make-ahead ingredients: Bake chicken breasts with a little bit of olive oil, salt & pepper in a 400 F for 20 min. When cooled, dice up into 1-inch pieces. Meanwhile, make quinoa in a rice cooker – combine 1 cup quinoa with 2 cups water and cook until all liquid is absorbed.
• Mix together dressing of choice – you can use the homemade versions listed above or store-bought versions to save time. Each salad jar should require only 1-2 tbsp of dressing.
• Add dressing of choice to the bottom of a 16-oz mason jar. Layer in ingredients of choice in order of what is listed. For instance, for the Mexican jars, add in chicken, cherry tomatoes, red onion, cheese and lettuce to the jar in that order.
• Jars will keep in fridge up to 4 or 5 days. For easy meal prep, cook chicken and quinoa ahead of time up to 24 hours in advance so all you have to do is assemble. 
• Serve by shaking mason jar so dressing gets distributed, then dump in a large bowl to eat. Enjoy!