Chickpea, Tomato, & Cucumber Salad

Sandra Sells — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:03:25 +0000

Spring is here and summer is on the way, so it’s time to start making those fresh salads! We love a greek salad which is what I have made versions of this chickpea tomato and cucumber salad for years. However, I’ve never written down the recipe until now as it can be made in so many different ways. Fast & Fresh I think a fresh salad doesn’t always have to be just lettuce and ranch dressing. Salad can have many textures and vegetables, and a depth of flavor that will have you begging for seconds. One of the benefits of this recipe is that it can handle being stored in the fridge for several days. In fact the chickpea tomato and cucumber salad gets even better over time. This salad is so simple it can be made right in your favorite wooden salad bowl or an easy to store container. We sometimes store ours in a mason jar, especially when food prepping for the week. We love pouring this salad over a hearty grain like farro, quinoa, couscous, or even brown rice. Other times, we like to throw a few Kalamata olives in and pour it over a bed of lettuce to make a delicious cool salad. Recipe Start by washing your vegetables and peeling and chopping them. Drain the chickpeas (dry them if you prefer). Combine everything in a bowl or container, add the feta cheese and mix or shake it all up. Put all the Greek salad dressing ingredients in a mason jar, and then shake it to mix. Drizzle the dressing on top of the salad and stir or shake the dressing and salad mixture until combined. Wow! The lemon and garlic in the dressing makes this salad so fresh and flavorful! One of the amazing things about it is the lemon in the dressing helps delay the browning of the avocado. I hope that you make this for your next meal or gathering!

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Simply Greek Salad

Sandra Sells — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:44:15 +0000

I’ve always loved a good salad – the fresh flavors and endless delicious toppings that you can incorporate in a variety of ways. To me there seems to be no bounds to what you can create. Lately, I’ve really had cravings for Greek flavors. You know, those little pepperoncini peppers, salty chunks of feta cheese, and that briny olive flavor. There’s nothing like it! So I dove in and started creating my ideal Greek salad recipe. A Greek salad is traditionally made with large slices of onion, tomato, feta, cucumbers, and green peppers and topped with olive oil, salt, pepper, and a sprinkle of oregano. In the US we’ve adapted the Greek salad, especially in the south, by putting a scoop of potato salad on top, which makes the salad very delicious. I wanted to come up with something flavorful and healthy like the traditional salad but made in an American kitchen. My husband loves a good Greek salad too so together we decided to make our Greek salad a little leaner but still with the same flavors of feta cheese and kalamata olives. We started out by freshly washing crisp romaine lettuce and chopping it into bite size pieces. I know that a traditional Greek salad doesn’t use lettuce but a little extra fiber never hurt anyone, right? We first layered the serving dish with the lettuce, and then began to assemble the toppings of chopped hard boiled eggs, chopped tomatoes, feta cheese, kalamata olives, red onion, pepperoncini, and cucumbers. The hard boiled eggs were our nod to southern American flavors. We could have topped the salad off with a dressing of choice, however, we created a delicious lemon oregano dressing that’s hard to beat! We’ve included the dressing recipe with the salad recipe below. The ingredients and flavor in the dressing makes this salad healthy but still yummy and indulgent! This Greek salad is very simple and easy to put together, and takes no time at all. I’m very sure that you will enjoy it just as much as we do!

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