Recipe: Feta, Chickpea & Pomegranate Salad
Chickpeas and other legumes contain phytoestrogens that mimic estrogen activity, thus helping you restore balance to your estrogen levels. It also has antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. Check out this Feta & Chickpea & Pomegranate salad recipe that you can make during the hot summer months.
Feta, Chickpea & Pomegranate Salad Ingredients
2 cups soaked and cooked chickpeas (Soak if dry, overnight – but cooked ones are available in jars)
1 small red onion, peeled and finely sliced (If you love onion use a larger one, you could replace this with spring or salad onion if you wish)
1-2 red chilies, deseeded and finely sliced (leave the seeds in if you can stand the heat)
2 small tomatoes, chopped (fresh is always best, try to go organic where ever possible)
½ cup fresh mint, chopped (grow some in your garden, it is so easy, but we recommend a pot, as it likes to spread…everywhere!)
½ cup fresh green basil finely ripped (grow your own on a window ledge, nothing nicer than fresh herbs, you could use parsley if you don’t have basil)
½ cup feta cheese (go for organic where you can)
1 lemon, cut in half, and juiced separately (organic lemon best)
3 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil (extra virgin olive oil would also be good)
sea salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper, taste
pomegranate seeds
Feta, Chickpea & Pomegranate Salad Directions
- Mix the onion, chilies, and tomatoes in a bowl.
- Dress it with the juice of half a lemon and extra virgin coconut oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat the chickpeas in a pan and add 90% of them to the bowl.
- To get a nice, creamy consistency, mush up the remaining chickpeas before adding them to the mix as well. Marinate it for a little while.
- Before serving, give the chickpea salad a final dress with fresh mint and basil.
- Season once again and add the remaining half lemon juice as you deem fit.
- Place the salad on a serving dish and sprinkle feta cheese on top as well as those jewels that are pomegranate seeds for wonderful color as well as goodness.
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