A Constant Struggle

I don't know about you, but eating healthy is a constant struggle.  I mean with 8 people in our family and so many likes and dislikes it is hard to find food that we all like and if we all like it then it isn't something that is extremely healthy.  My husband eats mostly paleo, but is not a big salad person. My kids aren't big fans of salad either but do love cucumbers.  I think you get the picture. Anyways, the other day this recipe for this salad came across my feed and I thought it looked pretty good, so I gave it a go. My husband even liked it too!  I did make a few changes to the orignial recipe  just because I am not a big fan of Kale and also because I couldn't find any barley at the store. Enjoy!  Hope you like this salad as much as I did!

Mixed Greens, Brown Rice and Quinoa, and Feta Salad
4 cups of salad
1 1/2 cups of brown rice with quinoa cooked.  (I cheated and bought one of those 90 second microwave bags of rice in the grocery story)
1 cup of chickpeas
1/3 cup of feta
1/4 of a red onion chopped
1/4 cup of Sunflower seeds
1 avocado diced into chunks

dressing:
2 teaspoons of honey
1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoon of white vinegar

Place the items for the dressing in a bowl and whisk together or my favorite way to make dressing is to put the ingredients in a mason jar with the lid and shake until you can tell the ingredients and really come together.