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Chickpea & Dried Tomato, Feta Cheese Salad

Written by Published on Updated on June 2, 2019 in Mediterranean cuisine, Side Dish

Hello everyone,  I hope your weekend was a pleasant one. 🙂  We visited some friends that are in living in Germany, the weather was just amazing, sunny, yet chilly but you could sit outside and enjoy your coffee just fine.  So, if you read my post on Friday, then you already know the mishap with the baking pan slipping from my hand and splattered all over the kitchen floor. (It took me about one hour to get the floor cleaned up) 🙁

So, for today’s recipe I decided that I was going to make a simple recipe which is a salad that is usually eaten during the summer, but I guess you already know by now that I eat salads and soups all year round because I just love them. 🙂  This salad would be a nice addition to the Thanksgiving table because this will give your tastebuds a nice refreshing surprise.  This is why I love salads so much because sometimes you just need a small fork full of those chickpeas, feta cheese and a dash of dried tomatoes to do the trick.   (This salad has one of my absolutely favorite  ingredients Dried Tomatoes)

I found this recipe a while back, I was watching a Greek/ American Chef by the name of Yiannis Loukakos, he actually lives in the States, I think I read this somewhere maybe in a article? not sure 🙂 anyway, he is absolutely terrific!! Light, delicious, simple recipes just the way I like them.  Check him out on Youtube I am sure you will enjoy watching him, and his cooking techniques. 🙂

Would love to hear your feedback if you do decide to make this salad. 

CHICKPEA & DRIED TOMATO, FETA CHEESE SALAD

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups of Chickpeas boiled
  • 1 small Carrot sliced into 4 pieces
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 6 Dried Tomatoes sliced
  • 1/2 cup Feta Cheese
  • 1/4 cup fresh Parsley chopped
  • 1 fresh Scallion chopped
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Add chickpeas, sliced carrots and chopped onion into a pot of hot salted water. Boil for 20 minutes until chickpeas are ready.
  • Slice dried tomatoes,
  • chop fresh scallions,
  • chop fresh parsley and set aside.
  • When chickpeas have cooled off place into a large bowl along with ingredients, add olive oil, salt, feta cheese and give it a good toss.
  • You can add garlic and roasted peppers if you wish along with a splash of Lemon juice if you wish but I omitted these three ingredients to make it a much lighter Salad.

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

24 Comments

  1. Diana Tyler (la muse excentrique) ☕
    November 19, 2018 at 3:51 pm  ·  Reply

    I love this salad!

  2. Margaret from soulfood101blog
    November 19, 2018 at 6:53 pm  ·  Reply

    This is delicious, and I haven’t even had it yet but with the ingredients, it has to be 🙂 Thanks Sophie 🙂

  3. RhapsodyBoheme
    November 19, 2018 at 7:58 pm  ·  Reply

    Ah you were so close to me in Germany then. ❤️ great recipe and very healthy looking. I need all the ideas I can get since I completely changed my diet to a Mediterranean diet.

  4. dtills
    November 20, 2018 at 3:11 am  ·  Reply

    Yummy Sophie!!💕

  5. popsiclesocietyRibana
    November 21, 2018 at 1:41 pm  ·  Reply

    Hi, l have just nominated you and your blog for a Liebster Award 😊https://popsiclesociety.com/2018/11/21/liebster-award-nomination/

  6. annika
    November 25, 2018 at 1:44 pm  ·  Reply

    Anything with feta is a winner to me Sophie… having chickpeas helps as well!

  7. Megala
    November 26, 2018 at 4:33 pm  ·  Reply

    Wonderful salad! Chickpea & cheese is really a healthy tasty combo!!

  8. thepinkblushblog
    April 10, 2020 at 12:24 pm  ·  Reply

    This seems interesting 🙂

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