Summer is here! Well… at least for the Northern hemisphere.
I’m down in the Southern, so… things are a bit chilly, but that doesn’t stop me from making
refreshing summer foods. I made something different last week, a Mediterranean Salad, I like to call it.
It has all of those Mediterranean ingredients, such as lots of olive oil, feta cheese, garlic, tomatoes, etc…
This salad is a close version to the traditional Portuguese chick pea salad.
Although, the Portuguese version is a lot plainer, it only contains tuna, chick peas and olive oil.
I have to say, I got a lot of inspiration from the Mexican guacamole, all of those ingredients are
in this salad. So lets put it this way, this dish is a cross combination between Portuguese and Mexican
flavors!
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INGREDIENTS:
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1 can of chick peas/garbanzo beans
1 small diced onion
1 crushed garlic clove
1 medium diced tomato
1 handful lightly chopped cilantro
1 handful finely chopped parsley
½ an avocado – cut in cubes
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Squeeze of lime juice
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt & pepper
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DIRECTIONS:
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Mix everything in a bowl, adding the avocado last, just so you won’t mush it all up while mixing everything.
Add the salt last to not over season, thus the feta cheese is already very salty.
Note: As you can see, I didn’t have any feta cheese in here when I took the picture…
The feta cheese really adds that special something to it all, very important to add!
