Something new to try
Lately, I admit that we have not eaten much salad. While I actually love a good homemade meal salad, in a lot of varieties, I found it hard to force myself to stand in the kitchen with 35 degrees and cut all the veggies. I know this is easy to overcome by meal prepping, but I still did not do it. I'm pleased that soon day time (read: school hours) will belong to us alone again in terms of being able to divide our time as we please. I bet I will be a lot more productive and start meal prepping again very soon. To remind myself of the wonderful options out there to prep some ingredients for, I want to share this salad I tried some weeks ago.
I never bought chick peas in my life!
I swear! Only hummus a few times after I discovered it in Budapest. But for the rest, nope. I had no clue that they are nice to roast and you can add them to a salad or just as a healthy snack. When I came across a few recipes with chick peas, I bought 2 cans of them and actually planned on prepping the salad one of the next days. It didn't happen due to the heat, so I postponed it until it was less hot here and roasted the chick peas in the oven. I remember the tips that I read about washing the peas well and then dry them thoroughly before adding them on an oven plate. Otherwise they may get soft inside instead of crunchy. I believe I roasted them on 200 degrees for about 30 minutes, but you will have to check your oven when you try it and just keep a close eye on them until done. I also added salt on the chickpeas before roasting them.
Other ingredients
Besides a can of chick peas, I added some paprika, cucumber, feta cheese, red onion, parsley, walnuts, corn, cherry tomatoes and a few capers along with some salt and pepper of course. I did not add any dressing as I wanted to test out how the flavors worked together. The verdict is, leave out the capers and next time maybe add some baby spinach to try, I always love it but I've noticed that it's hard finding it in the fresh department. If I can't find this next time, I will buy lollo rosso salad, I love these too. That's actually the only thing I missed in here. I don't think my beloved boiled eggs would have made much difference.
If you have any tips to add to this salad for next time please leave a comment below!