Chickpea Beetroot Salad

Submitted by Lalaloula

"This is a yummy, healthy salad recipe, which will have you come back for more. :) Well at least, if you like earthy beet flavour, combined with sweet apple and salty feat cheese. I hope youll enjoy! The original version of this dish comes from German chef Tim Mälzer."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 600 g beetroots, cooked and diced (I use the vacuum packed ones)
• 1 small onion, finely sliced (leave this out if you dont like raw onion)
• 2 small apples, diced
• 200 g feta cheese, diced (low-fat is fine)
• 1 (250 g) can chickpeas, drained
• 1⁄2 bunch flat leaf parsley, minced

• Dressing

• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 pinch sugar

directions

1. Comine beetroot, apple, onion, feta cheese, chickpeas and parsely in a big bowl.
2. In a dressing shaker mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar and sugar.
3. Pour over veggies and combine. Allow flavours to blend for 20 minutes.
4. Enjoy!
5. Note: For a change you can also make this using mozarella cheese and fresh thyme.

Reviews

[Jubes]

Great salad! We loved the combination of the beets, feta cheese and apple. The parsley and dressing were perfect too. I would like to give you more than 5 stars as this was a really good salad. Creaminess from the feta and crunch from the granny smith apples that I used and tang from the beetroot. Photo also to be posted

 

[carolarayrn]

I really like this salad. I make it and eat it for several days. It keeps really well and even gets better with time! I leave out the onion and it’s still delicious!

 

[Rita1652]

I Love beets, feta and chickpeas so how could I have gone wrong? Tasty good! Tarragon, lemon thyme, oregano and mint would have been a really nice addition along with the parsley. I also added more lemon juice. Onions are a must so don't omit them. I did add lots of black pepper and a touch of salt. Thanks for a tasty salad.The leftovers do produce a lovely red color. ;)

 

[COOKGIRl]

I used fresh local beets and replaced feta with myzithra for a change. Fresh herb in the garden. Next time, I'll substitute part golden beets for the red ones to add more color. Reviewed for Veg Tag September.

 

[januarybride]

Nice no-cook lunch for a hot summer's day. I think the feta really pulled it all together nicely. I used red delicious apples, as that's all I had on hand, but I think it would be much better with granny smiths. Thanks for posting!