Something new to try
Lately, I admit that we have not eaten much salad. While I actually love a good homemade meal salad, in a lot of varieties, I found it hard to force myself to stand in the kitchen with 35 degrees and cut all the veggies. I know this is easy to overcome by meal prepping, but I still did not do it. I'm pleased that soon day time (read: school hours) will belong to us alone again in terms of being able to divide our time as we please. I bet I will be a lot more productive and start meal prepping again very soon. To remind myself of the wonderful options out there to prep some ingredients for, I want to share this salad I tried some weeks ago.
I never bought chick peas in my life!
I swear! Only hummus a few times after I discovered it in Budapest. But for the rest, nope. I had no clue that they are nice to roast and you can add them to a salad or just as a healthy snack. When I came across a few recipes with chick peas, I bought 2 cans of them and actually planned on prepping the salad one of the next days. It didn't happen due to the heat, so I postponed it until it was less hot here and roasted the chick peas in the oven. I remember the tips that I read about washing the peas well and then dry them thoroughly before adding them on an oven plate. Otherwise they may get soft inside instead of crunchy. I believe I roasted them on 200 degrees for about 30 minutes, but you will have to check your oven when you try it and just keep a close eye on them until done. I also added salt on the chickpeas before roasting them.
Other ingredients
Besides a can of chick peas, I added some paprika, cucumber, feta cheese, red onion, parsley, walnuts, corn, cherry tomatoes and a few capers along with some salt and pepper of course. I did not add any dressing as I wanted to test out how the flavors worked together. The verdict is, leave out the capers and next time maybe add some baby spinach to try, I always love it but I've noticed that it's hard finding it in the fresh department. If I can't find this next time, I will buy lollo rosso salad, I love these too. That's actually the only thing I missed in here. I don't think my beloved boiled eggs would have made much difference.
If you have any tips to add to this salad for next time please leave a comment below!
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Hehe, I have in my cupboards 2 small cans of chickpeas and I had no idea what to do with them, this salad could easily be done today and it looks appetizing! Cheers! :)
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Well if you have no clue what to do with them (I mean this is the only thing I tried with them lol) then I'd say go for it, it's a nice crunchy bite in the salad. And the good thing about salads is you can throw in any ingredient you wish to add. I usually have one or two other ingredients depending on what's available but you can just replace it with something else.
I hope you will like it! Cheers!
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I wonder how this taste, though, it is definitely looking healthy. 😊
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Try it :) It was surprisingly good and you can use ingredients to your liking :)
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We don't have most of the ingredients on your recipe so I really need to improvise. 😊
So delish! I've never had chick peas and would love to try them, I hope I can get them here. You did great finally eating some salad, Lol. And it is packed with all the good stuff; great job.
I bought them in a glass pot, but I read mostly people buy them canned so depends on where you buy it probably. Roasting them is a must though, and I seriously think I will roast them again for an evening snack soon, just need to make sure they aren't too dry :)
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What a creative conglomeration! Seriously, as I read through your post I kept imagining all the flavors, and I bet would taste even more amazing on the second day! I would love some marinated red peppers in the mix, but that's just because I love them in everything lol!
Awesome job my friend! Thanks for sharing!😊
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that looks delicious!