Pear & Arugula Chickpea Salad
Pear & Arugula Chickpea Salad
Meet this salad: your new favorite winter lunch. Just 7 ingredients, sweet, tangy, fresh, and hearty, yet healthy. You'll love this one.
I realize this post might not be the most timely. If you’re snowed in, chances are you’re not reaching for a cold salad – BUT it’s not snowing here and nothing will ever stop me from craving big bright salads for lunch. (If you need something hot today, click .
My lunch salads are what I would call “kitchen sink” style. I toss whatever veggies I happen to have into a bowl… often with chickpeas and a bit of feta cheese or a scoop of hummus. For crunch, I add toasted nuts and/or hemp seeds. And to bring it all together I almost always have a sweet element. This time: soft, juicy ripe pears. (If you don’t have pears, diced apples would work well here too!)
Pear & Arugula Chickpea Salad
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Author: Jeanine Donofrio
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- a few big handfuls of arugula
- 1 ripe pear, cored and chopped
- ¾ cup cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup diced cucumber or thinly sliced fennel
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts
- ¼ cup hemp seeds
- optional (but recommended): ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
dressing:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons chopped scallion
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Whisk dressing together.
- In a small bowl toss the chickpeas with a bit of the dressing and some salt and pepper. This step is optional, but I find marinating the chickpeas for a few minutes helps them become more flavorful.
- Toss all of the salad ingredients together with as much dressing as you like. Season to taste. Add a bit of feta cheese, if you like.
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