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Chickpeas With Lemon Cumin Dressing & Orange Scented Yogurt on a Bed of Greens

May 11, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

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I first saw this salad over at The Recipe Girl a while back, although after bookmarking it, I realized I had the cookbook it came from, Ellie Krieger’s The Food You Crave. It looked wonderful, but I got distracted and forgot about it.


The other night when I made my chicken divan, I was low on shredded roasted chicken (I was using the leftover meat from another dinner), and so I decided to serve this salad as a way to get additional protein into the meal (as opposed to a legume-less salad). John and the kids were kinda lukewarm on it, but I loved it. The yogurt dressing in particular is outstanding. I served it on baby greens, although my preference would be any locally grown green.


Chickpeas With Lemon Cumin Dressing & Orange Scented Yogurt on a Bed of Greens
Adapted from The Recipe Girl & Ellie Krieger

2 cups cooked and drained chickpeas
2 T chopped fresh cilantro
¼ cup thinly sliced red onion
2 T extra virgin olive oil
2 T fresh lemon juice
¼ t finely grated lemon zest
¾ t ground cumin
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
3 T plain lowfat yogurt
1 T fresh squeezed orange juice
¼ t finely grated orange zest
1 t honey
1 T chopped fresh mint
4 cups greens of choice
1 Tbs coarsely chopped fresh mint

In a medium bowl, combine chickpeas, cilantro and onion. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, lemon juice and zest, cumin, salt and black pepper. Pour the dressing over the chickpea mixture and toss to coat evenly.

In another small bowl, stir together the yogurt, orange juice and zest, mint leaves and honey.

Serve the chickpea salad over a bed of greens. Top with yogurt sauce.

Filed Under: chickpeas, oranges, salads, yogurt

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Comments

  1. noble pig says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    I know I saw this salad too and it looks fabulous! I love the way the dressing sounds as well.

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  2. That Girl says

    May 12, 2009 at 12:27 am

    This totally looks like a fancy expensive restaurant salad.

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  3. Joanne says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Mmm so good. I bet this would also make a great lunch.

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  4. Grace says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:47 am

    a legume-less salad? no, that simply wouldn’t do. i’ve never had yogurt included in a green salad in any way, and now i really want to–what a notion! this looks tremendous, laura. great dish.

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  5. Fearless Kitchen says

    May 12, 2009 at 10:16 am

    This looks delicious. The yogurt with the greens is an interesting touch, and the lemon cumin dressing is right up my alley.

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  6. Tangled Noodle says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Looking good! I miss chickpeas (allergy) – can I cheat a bit and use another bean/legume? The dressing sounds way to good to pass up!

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  7. Laura says

    May 13, 2009 at 12:06 am

    Tangled Noodle: a white bean or a kidney bean (or esp a white kidney bean like the flageolet) might work ok. Try it and let us know what you think. It is hard bc chickpeas are fairly unique tasting. I assume you cannot eat brown/black chickpeas either?

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  8. Juliana says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Love dressing with yogurt…and this one you have orange in it. Sounds great!

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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