Delicious Easy Harvest Salad
This delicious easy harvest salad is incredibly easy to make and loaded with harvest goodness. Think juicy sliced pears, sun dried tomatoes, roasted smoky chickpeas, fresh basil and creamy feta cheese. This wedge salad can easily be served as a delicious stand alone dish, side dish or healthy lunch. It doesn't get much better than this.
Ingredients
- 6 small pears Rinsed
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 cans Chickpeas Rinsed and drained
- 3 cloves Garlic Minced
- 2 tbsp Smoked Paprika
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Soy Sauce or Tamari
- 1 tbsp Sambal Oelek Chili paste Medium hot or as you prefer
- 1 bunch Fresh Basil Chopped
- 3 tbsp Pine Nuts Optional
- ⅓ cup Feta Cheese Crumbled
- 1 Lemon - juice from
Instructions
- Start. by removing the pits from the pears and slice into ½-inch wedges. Add the pear wedges to the salad bowl and immediately drizzle lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Stir together to make sure all the pear wedges are covered in lemon juice (to prevent them from going brown).
- Heat olive oil in a skillet or frying pan and add the drained chickpeas. Let the chickpeas cook at medium high heat for a few minutes before adding soy sauce, smoked paprika, sambal olek, minced garlic and a pinch of salt. Stir together to combine and let it cook for a few more minutes shile stirring occasionally, until the chickpeas become golden brown. Remove from the heat and add to the salad bowl.
- Next, chop sun dried tomatoes and add to the salad. Gently mix everything together to combine and finally top with feta cheese, pine nuts (optional) and fresh basil.Serve and enjoy.