Fattoush Salad
Since my exams finished, I have wanted to do very little.
That feeling, combined with my relatively endless free time and longing to socialize, has made finding something to make when entertaining my most challenging decision (yes, I am being dramatic). Enter, fattoush. With radishes, parsley, pita chips and pomegranate molasses, It has enough extra pizazz to make it seem like you thought about what you made while still taking less than 10 minutes to assemble. #winning.
P.S. if you want to make it more substantial/meal-like, add chicken, shrimp or falafel.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Makes 2 Meals (or 4 Sides)
For the Dressing
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice (approximately 1 lemon)
1 tbsp sumac powder
1/4 tsp salt (start with less then add depending on your taste)
1 garlic clove, minced
Ingredients
For the Salad
4 cups romaine lettuce, torn into small pieces
1 roma tomato, diced
2-3 spring onions, sliced
4 radishes, cut into rounds or small wedges
1/3 of a long english cucumber, peeled and diced
1/2 a red bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup parsley (stems removed)
1/4 cup pita chips, broken into small pieces
1 tbsp pomegranate molasses (optional, but recommended)
Method
For the dressing, combine all the ingredients and blend well.
To assemble the salad, start with the lettuce on the bottom, top with the tomato, cucumber, radishes, parsley and spring onion. Sprinkle the pita chips over top. Dress and toss the salad. Drizzle with pomegranate molasses. You will likely have leftover dressing, store it in the fridge!
nutritional info (per serving, with dressing)
calories 244 kcal - fat 17g - saturated fat 2g - protein 5g - carbohydrates 27g - dietary fibre 7g - sugars 13g - sodium 261mg