Thursday, July 2, 2015

Tomato Avocado Cucumber Chick Pea Salad with Feta and Greek Lemon Dressing

I don't know about you but this salad has everything in it that I LOVE!!! It is amazing and you can make it fixed approve. Also my hubby loved it too!!

Tomato Avocado Cucumber Chick Pea Salad with Feta and Greek Lemon Dressing

About 8 servings

Ingredients

2 (10.5 oz) containers red cherry tomatoes
1 (10.5 oz) container yellow cherry tomatoes
1 (14.5 oz) can chick peas, drained and rinsed
1 1/2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced into quarters
2 Hass avocados, peeled, cored and diced (ripe but semi-firm)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
3 oz feta cheese, crumbled

Dressing

1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tsp dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
3/4 tsp dried oregano

Directions

In a salad bowl toss together tomatoes, chick peas and cucumbers. Add avocado and parsley and gently toss. Add desire amount of dressing and the feta and gently toss to evenly coat. Serve within an hour for best results.

 For the dressing:

In a blender (or mixing bowl with a whisk), blend olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, garlic and salt until mixture is well emulsified. Stir in basil and oregano.

NOTE: With the Chick peas I sometimes roast them. It all depends on time. But I love my chick peas roasted so I try to do that as much as possible.

To make it Fixed Approve Make individual Servings:

1 Green Container of red and yellow cherry tomatoes
1 yellow container of chick peas, drained and rinsed
1/2 Green Container of cucumbers, peeled and sliced into quarters
1/8 of an avocado, peeled, cored and diced (ripe but semi-firm)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (Free FOOD on the fix)
1/8 of a blue container of feta cheese, crumbled



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