This nourishing and refreshing Mediterranean Salad is my favorite dish to bring to gatherings. It’s simple, but bursting with flavor.
This Mediterranean Salad contains:
- chickpeas, which are packed with protein, fiber, and folate. Folate is an essential vitamin for pregnant women or women trying to get pregnant.
- mint, which can aid in digestion, weight loss, nausea, depression, fatigue and headache.
- parsley, a great source of vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin A, folate and iron.
- cucumber, which can improve your memory, protect against some forms of cancer, help you stay well hydrated, fight inflammation, and also help you maintain a healthy weight.
- olive oil, a healthy fat which can helping lower your risk of heart disease, and may also lower your risk of diabetes. It contains vitamin K, vitamin E, and also important minerals like iron, calcium, and potassium.
To boost the nutritional content even further, you can sprout and then boil your chickpeas first. Read here about How (and Why) to Sprout Legumes.
Mediterranean Salad
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6people | 15minutes |
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Ingredients
- 4cups romaine lettucechopped
- 2cups tomatochopped
- 1cup cucumberchopped
- 1small red onionchopped
- 1/2cup sliced olives
- 1jar chickpeasdrained and rinsed
- 1cup feta cheesecrumbled
For the Dressing
- 1/3cup olive oil
- 1/4cup lemon juice
- 1/4cup fresh parsleyfinely chopped
- 1/4cup fresh mintfinely chopped
- 1/2teaspoon natural salt
- 1/4teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Combine the lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, olives, chickpeas, and feta cheese in a large dish and mix well.
- Combine all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl or jar and mix well.
- Pour the dressing over the salad just before serving. Enjoy!
Can we use paneer instead of feta cheese
I’ve never tried that before so I can’t say for sure. But in my experience paneer is a very mild cheese and doesn’t have much of a taste unless you cook it with something else. So I’m not sure how it would taste in this salad.
But please let me know if you give it a try!