What goes around comes around right? My friend Charles at Five Euro Food posted this recipe last week and coincidentally I was just thinking about making a chick pea salad for dinner, so I thought, why not his recipe? His recipe incorporated all the flavours I love in Hummus but he made it into a delightful summer salad; and with the heat wave we’ve been having, it’s a perfect summertime dish (well, maybe not declared perfect by guest, but certainly perfect in my mind!). Of course, I didn’t have time to get to the green grocer, so I used vegetables I had on hand, which is exactly what Charles had prescribed.
I actually made it with two rather healthy sized cloves of garlic, and woe, it was strong; in fact, so strong, I had to rinse a portion off for JT so he doesn’t offend his customers! I ate mine full octane, because, well, it’s been rather slow these last couple of weeks so I just thought, what the heck! I’ll be eating the entire parsley plant later!
I took a bit of artistic license by adding roasted red and yellow peppers and tomatoes
Deconstructed Hummus Salad
A recipe from Five Euro Food, slightly altered.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 540 mL (19 oz) chick peas
- 1-2 mini cucumbers, chopped into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 each roasted red and yellow peppers, cut into small cubes
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- 1 jalopeño, finely chopped
- 2 oven roasted tomatoes, diced (please see this post for oven roasting tomatoes; because of the heat, I did it on the BBQ)
Dressing Ingredients:
- 30 mL (2 tbsp) EVOO
- 59 mL (1/4 cup) lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic, finely minced
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
- Combine the dressing ingredients and set aside.
- Combine the vegetables and chick peas and mix well. Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately. If you wish the vegetables to mix with the dressing in advance, I would suggest leaving out the cucumber until serving as it tends to get a bit on the mushy side.
- Serve over greens or spinach, as below.
It was a light, refreshing and garlicy dinner. Lunch will be wonderful tomorrow.
