Tag: chickpeas

Chopped Salad with Hearts of Palm, Garbanzo Beans and Avocado

March 21, 2021

Hearts of palm is harvested from certain palm tree species native to Central and South America. Fresh hearts of palm are highly perishable, so they are most widely available canned. They have a delicate, vegetable flavor and may be compared in taste to artichoke. Hearts of palm easily becomes the star ingredient when incorporated into … Continued

Eggplant with Lemon Chickpeas and Herb Yogurt

September 8, 2020

This recipe is inspired by a recipe in the vegetable cookbook Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi called Eggplants with Crushed Chickpeas and Herb Yogurt. In my version I dialed down the salt and kept the eggplants as intact as possible to show off their beautiful shape. While the original recipe calls for the chickpea mixture … Continued

Vegetarian Cobb Salad

July 17, 2020

Unlike traditional Cobb salads that contain bacon and chicken, this version is completely meat-free and just as flavorful and satisfying. You’ll love the fresh corn cut right off the cob, the creamy and pungent blue cheese and the zesty French-style vinaigrette. This salad is a meal in itself or pair it with a piece of … Continued

Chickpea Fattoush Salad

April 30, 2020

A fattoush salad traditionally is made with crispy toasted bread or pita, lettuce, herbs and other vegetables finished with a tangy, zesty dressing. While this recipe has many common fattoush salad flavors and ingredients like sumac, you will notice this rendition has chickpeas instead of bread. You can’t go wrong by adding bread or even … Continued