I had just started to make a gorgeous Greek inspired Chick
Pea and Spinach Salad with Tahini dressing, when Billy called me to say, “Honey
get dressed up cuz I’m taking you for a nice dinner!”
He’d gotten a gift certificate for Capital Grille, so the
Lindsay’s were livin’ large for a night!
As Billy was perusing the menu, looking for one of the more
conservatively priced entrees, I reminded him “We have a certificate, order
anything you like!” He did, and he did
me proud. Most people would have ordered a moderate priced bottle of wine and
dinner and the certificate would have covered it; but we don’t drink, so the entire
amount was spent on food, glorious food! I won’t bored you (or horrify you) by
listing the abundance of food that we ate.
What I will tell you that Billy had some scraps left from
his steak and he wanted to bring it home for our cat Matilda (she eats anything
and everything and it shows in her rather round figure). Billy was embarrassed to tell the waiter he
was bringing the scraps for his beloved cat, so he told him that it was for the
dog.
“Dude…you’re a cat person, just own it!”
Any hoo… I had wanted to make a salad with chick peas to go
with Greek Lamb Burgers and I was inspired by the flavors of hummus. I made a Tahini Dressing that’s a little
nutty, garlicky and lemony, perfect with chick peas. The spinach is a hearty green (baby kale
would also be really good) so it stands up to the chick peas, and tomatoes lend sweetness as well as bright color.
Here’s what you do.
Start with making the
Tahini Dressing.
In a medium combine a can of chick peas that have been drained and rinsed, a couple of scallions and some chopped flat leaf parsley. |
Add half of the dressing. |
And give it a stir. |
I got to this point of my recipe and then my husband called to tell me to get dressed up, cuz he was taking me to a nice dinner.
Woo hoo! No dishes...Well except for the few that I'd just made!
So I put the salad and the remaining dressing in the refrigerator for the next night's dinner.
Pile the dressed
chick peas in the center, and scatter some tomato wedges around the edge of the
salad.
This salad goes great
with these Greek Lamb Burgers!
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CHICK PEA & SPINACH
SALAD with TAHINI DRESSING
Serves 4 to 6
1 Lemon,
juiced
1 Tbsp. White wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. Tahini paste
2 Tbsp. Honey
1 clove Garlic (small clove), minced
1/8 tsp. Each salt and pepper
6 Tbsp. Olive oil
1-15 oz. can Chick peas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
¼ cup Flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
2 Scallions,
chopped
1-6 oz. bag Spinach
2 Tomatoes;
cut into wedges
1.
To make the vinaigrette. In the bowl of a mini food processor, add the
lemon juice, white wine vinegar, tahini paste, honey, garlic, salt and
pepper. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil at a
time, turning on the processor between each addition. (If using a blender just stream the olive oil
through hole in the lid while the blender is running).
2.
In a small bowl combine the chick peas, flat
leaf parsley, scallions and half of the vinaigrette. (This can be done in advance and kept
refrigerated until you’re ready to assemble your salad).
3.
Toss the spinach with the remaining
vinaigrette. Line a platter with the
spinach, pile the chick peas in the center of the platter, and place the tomato
wedges in an attractive manner around the outside of the platter.
Note: This dressing can
be made without a food processor or blender.
Just crush the garlic into a paste and add it to a medium bowl with all
of the ingredients for the dressing except the olive oil. Slowly stream the oil into the bowl with the
other ingredients while vigorously whisking.
You may also like:
Nectarine (peach) & Feta Salad with Herbacious White Balsamic Vinaigrette |
Tropican Green Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette |
Hi Kari, your chick pea salad look so appetizing. Great for light lunch especially during hot weather. Your pet look so cute. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend.
Thanks Amelia, this is a great hot weather dish! Matilda thanks you for the compliment!
DeleteTahini goes so perfect with garbanzo, you've paired it so well..
ReplyDeleteThanks Ash!
DeleteNice!! I just bought a LOT of chickpeas and spinach. It feels like fate that I stumbled upon your blog. This is perfect!
ReplyDeleteEverything happens for a reason! I'm so glad that you ended up here!
DeleteLooks so delish!! Love chickpeas and the tahini dressing :)
ReplyDeleteChick peas and tahini are just meant to be together! Thanks Kiran!
DeleteThanks so much for sharing this at my Happy Monday Show & Share @ HappyWifey.net! I don't put chickpeas in my salad often.. but this looks very tasty with the spinach!
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