Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad
Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chickpea and spinach jar salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Add the arugula or baby spinach and toss just to combine. Serve the chickpea and cauliflower salad with hummus and mini pita breads. MAKE-AHEAD TIP: You can prepare the salad, omitting the addition of arugula or baby spinach at the end.

Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chickpea and spinach jar salad using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad:
  1. Make ready Balsamic Vinaigrette
  2. Take Cucumber
  3. Prepare Beans
  4. Prepare Quinoa
  5. Prepare Pumpkin seeds
  6. Make ready spinach Baby

How to make this Chickpea Salad. I think this recipe sounds more involved than it actually is - and you can totally talk it up to your friends."We're having a marinated chickpea salad with wilted spinach and pickled red onion with an oregano infused Greek dressing", you'll loftily tell them. But in reality, it's actually a very low effort dish! Make sure the mason jars are clean and dry.

Steps to make Chickpea and Spinach Jar Salad:
  1. Cook your quinoa. I normally cook one cup quinoa (in two cups of water) in a pot and have enough for 5 salads. Bring it to a boil, put the lid on the pot and let it simmer for 12 minutes. Then take the lid off and let it simmer for another 2-3 minutes. Let cool before putting into your jars.
  2. Make your salad dressing - my favorite is balsamic vinaigrette: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tsp red wine vinegar; and some dijon mustard (for me, the more the better!).
  3. Place 2 tbsp of salad dressing in your jar and then start layering in your other ingredients. You don't want anything that will absorb too much dressing to be sitting at the bottom (eg. beans, quinoa, seeds or spinach).
  4. Enjoy! A few minutes before eating your delicious salad, turn the jar upside down and let the dressing cover the rest of your salad.
  5. If you would like to add egg, cheese, meat, avocado or tomatoes, you should bring those ingredients separately (if you are making your jar salads in advance) and add them when you are ready to eat. You don't want those ingredients sitting around for too long.

Variations on Greek Chickpea Salad with Spinach: Make it vegan, ditch the dairy. You could add chopped walnuts and sunflower seeds, these are particularly good in this salad. I like baby spinach with this but kale or lambs lettuce works really well too. You always put the salad dressing on the bottom, then you layer the sturdier ingredients (that won't get soggy) on top of the dressing, like chopped cucumbers, onions, or cooked beans. Lighter, leafier ingredients, like romaine or spinach, should be added at the top of the jar, to keep it totally separate from the dressing.

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