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Middle Eastern Vegetable Salad- recipe by Ina Garten (serves 4 to 6)
This is such a hearty and satisfying salad, made regularly at my place as quick weeknight meal. It’s got chickpeas (canned – making life even easier), cucumbers, tomatoes and lots of fresh herbs, packing it with flavor. I am flexible with the amount of ingredients while making this recipe. Except for the can of chickpeas, I cut the recipe in half . After all, we are only 2 1/2 people eating.
I like to serve it with whole wheat pita bread (toasted).
Ingredients:
10 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
1 pound ripe tomatoes, seeded, cored, and 1/2 -inch diced
1 hothouse cucumber, halved lengthwise,seeded, and 1/2 -inch -diced ( I use the small regular cucumbers)
1 can or jar 12 to 16 ounces chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/3 cup chopped parsley
1/3 cup chopped fresh mint leaves ( I didn’t have this on hand the other day)
1/3 cup julienned fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (4 lemons) I use the juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon minced garlic
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup good olive oil ( I use 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil)
8 ounces good feta cheese, 1/2 -inch -diced
Toasted pita bread, for serving
Method:
Place the scallions, tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas, parsley, mint, and basil in a large salad bowl and toss to combine.
In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the lemon juice, garlic, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil to make an emulsion. Pour the dressing over the salad, tossing gently to coat all the vegetables. Add the feta, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and toss gently. Serve the salad with the toasted pita bread.
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The salad looks so colorful and healthy, love the basil in it..
Thanks Hema,
All the herbs in it , really make the salad taste a lot more fresher.
Wow – this is FANTASTIC! Bright, colorful and HEARTY! Beautiful photos…and it would be gobbled up at my house!
Thanks Ann,
Made very often at my house. We love it.
Just found your blog and think its awesome!And what a delightful looking salad…..hearty and healthy!Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Ramya.
I’m always very attracted to a colorful salad, just like this one. It is so appetizing! Serving with toasted pita bread is good, but I’d love to stuff this salad in the pita bread and have a bite!
Hi Nami,
Thank you. I think that’s a greta idea to stuff it in the pita bread, as a filling.
Colorful dish! And so healthy, too. Kudos for using an Ina recipe!
Thanks Yummychunklet.
Wat a super colourful,yummy and healthy salad.
Hey Asmita, thankyou so much for visiting my page!! I’m so glad I could discover yours
The salad looks so vibrant and fresh!!
Thank you ambika.
colorful salad is vary inviting
thanks for stopping my blog happy to follow u ad hope u also.
Thanks santosh.
This looks so healthy and delicious. The best thing is that light dressing, it really lets the great flavor of the veggies shine though!
Hi tina,
I agree, the light dressing does let the flavor of the veggies come through.
How, wonderful, beautiful and flavorful! I could eat this every day!
This looks lovely, Asmita! Gorgeous different tastes and different textures with the cheese and chickpeas. I love this version! In its original form, it’s known as Tabouleh, a parsley and lemon salad found in many Middle Eastern countries, which I make regularly at home. Thanks for sharing! xx
This recipe made me think of an extremely delish salad one of my Syrian friends once made when I was visiting her. It was not as luxurious as this one (no chickpeas or feta cheese were included) but I remember that salad thanks to the intensive flavours. This looks even more tempting thanks to the addition of chickpeas and feta. Thanks for sharing it. I know it will come handy one day.
This looks like a delicious salad. I bet the combination of herbs and feta cheese make it super tasty.
Love your Mediterranean salad with Olive oil dressing.
So colorful and healthy! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your sweet comment. Keep in touch….
I have had this before and it does taste amazing in addition to being healthy.. Thanks for reminding of the recipe
Just like you, this salad will be perfect for my night meal because I prefer something simple and easy to make. Love that combo of ingredients with chickpeas, herbs and pita bread is amazing to go with it.
So colorful salad! Looks amazing and healthy!
I love this refreshing salad. looks wonderful.
i love chickpea salads..will give it a try..boomarked..looks so colourful and healthy
this looks awesome… all those beautiful colours! i love medeteranian cusine its so flavourful & loaded with veggies. That feta cheese mustav given it a nice touch
We love doing this. It’s so versatile and tasty no matter the season.
What a fantastic salad…I could eat this all day! Very fresh and healthy, love it
Yum! I love Ina Gartner, and this salad looks so fresh and delicious.
A mighty scrumptious salad! I love that kind of dish.
Cheers,
Rosa
I love cool, simple and hearty salads as such! Great recipe Asmita
how pretty and fresh is that salad!
Thats a colourful salad, i too make it sometime, yours is a better one with lots of good veggies.
Thank you Shoba.
A very colourful and healthy salad.
Mouth wateringgg