The chick peas chopped salad combines generous flavors with healthy ingredients – Inforum

Fargo – This chick pea salad has become an essential weekly in our cleaning this spring. Vibrative and nutritious in color, this fast and simple dish has a combination of classic Mediterranean ingredients, including roasted red peppers, palm hearts, Kalamata olives, red onion, garlic and a generous help of fresh basil.

The salad gathers quickly and remains fresh for several days. Better still, it has such a good taste as it looks.

Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo beans, are a fantastic source of plant fibers and proteins, which contributes to promoting a feeling of fullness. They are filled with essential vitamins and minerals, including folate, iron and potassium. Unlike other types of beans that can become pasty, chickpeas keep a firm and slightly crunchy texture, with a light creamy that completes more daring flavors.

The roasted red peppers are common in Sicilian dishes, and they add a vibrant color and smoky sweetness and sweetness to this salad. In summer, we roast them on the grill, but you can easily find them in most grocery and specialty stores. In fact, this recipe was inspired by a recent trip to Homegoods in Fargo, where I discovered pots of beautiful roasted red peppers and palm hearts in the Gourmet Foods section.

Palm hearts are harvested from the inner nucleus of specific palm trees and are a popular ingredient in Mediterranean and Asian kitchens. They have a pleasantly firm texture, similar to that of the artichoke hearts, but their flavor is softer, with a subtle and soft hazelnut. Like chickpeas, palm hearts are rich in protein and fiber while remaining low in fats and calories. I often use them in salads, and I appreciate how their brilliant white color adds contrast to other ingredients.

Kalamata’s olives bring a brackish flavor to the salad, while the fresh basil improves all the flavors. The recipe also includes a ripe avocado, which adds creamy wealth to salad and balances the strongest flavors. Although lawyers are not from the Mediterranean, their high nutritional value and the region’s favorable growth conditions have made them more and more popular.

A advice that I discovered for refrigerant salads which contain lawyer is to place the lawyer under the other ingredients. This technique protects it from air exposure and helps keep it cool and green for several days.

The preparation of this salad is fast and easy: cut or just measure the ingredients, add the vinaigrette, throw everything together and serve. The vinaigrette consists of a touch of extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of red wine vinegar, a pinch of crushed red pepper and a pinch of salt and pepper. Although the salad can be served immediately, the flavors develop even better after a day or two.

Colorful, healthy and delicious, this chick pea salad is easy to make and the perfect choice for summer gatherings.

Service: 4 to 6

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of chickpea, drained and rinsed
• ½ cup of roasted red peppers, big dice
• ½ cup of palm hearts, in thin slices
• ½ cup of Kalamata olives, roughly chopped
• ¼ cup of red onion, finely chopped
• 1 lawyer, in dice
• 1 clove, finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons of fresh, finely chopped basil leaves
• 1 ½ tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons of red wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon of kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon of black pepper
• Red pepper plummers

Instructions:

In an average bowl, add all the ingredients and stir until it is well combined. Taste and add more oil, vinegar and seasoning, as you wish.

Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container up to 4 days.

The recipe can be easily doubled or tripled for the biggest rallies.