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Delicious Chick Pea, Feta & Nut Salad with Apple
Salad Doesn't have to be Boring!
Tired of the standard cucumber, tomato and lettuce garden variety salad? Then this high protein, vitamin rich salad is just the dish to tantalize your taste buds!
Easy to make in just a few minutes and a definite crowdpleaser, this salad is unusual and unforgettable.
Ingredients
To make this tasty salad, you will need:
- 1 - 2 Tins of Woolworth's Organic Chickpeas - Or add hydrated / Fresh from your garden
- 3 - 5 Fresh, Peeled Carrots
- 1 Cup Grated beetroot (available in a ready to eat pack from Woolworths)
- 200g Feta Cheese (Cranberry cheese also works well if you have a sweet tooth)
- 2 Golden Delicious / Pink Lady Apples
- 100g Almonds / Walnuts or Roasted Mixed Nuts
- ½ Fresh Lemon
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 T-Spoon Course salt
- 1 T-Spoon Oregano
- ½ T-Spoon cayenne pepper (optional)
Let's get to Work!
- Making this salad is so Easy! Grate the Carrots and add grated carrot to large salad bowl
- Cube Feta and add to ingredients in bowl
- Cube Apple and add to bowl
- Add Nuts to ingredients in bowl
- Add the Grated Beetroot
- Drain the Chickpeas and pour into large salad bowl
- Stir in Oil, salt & cayenne pepper
- Squeeze lemon juice into salad and serve
- Voila!
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 235g | |
| Calories | 486 |
| Calories from Fat | 189 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Fat 21 g | 32% |
| Saturated fat 5 g | 25% |
| Unsaturated fat 0 g | |
| Carbohydrates 58 g | 19% |
| Sugar 18 g | |
| Fiber 15 g | 60% |
| Protein 22 g | 44% |
| Cholesterol 12 mg | 4% |
| Sodium 546 mg | 23% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Nutritional Analysis
Good points
- Low in cholesterol
- High in dietary fiber
- High in manganese
- Very high in selenium
- Very high in vitamin B6
- If you'd like to reduce the fat content in this recipe, leave out or reduce the nuts
- If you'd like to increase the protein content of this recipe - add lean chicken breast cubes.
Cook Time
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ready in: 35 min
Yields: Serves 4 - 6 people as a side dish
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