Crispy CHICKPEA KALE greek salad recipe | featuring NIA VARDALOS

Abbey is joined in this episode by one of the stars from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2”, Nia Vardalos, to bring you a twist on the classic Greek Salad. In keeping with tradition there is, of course, still Tzatziki sauce. Abbey has however swapped out the standard ingredients with Kale, Chickpeas, and some surprises.
To make this fantastic salad you will start by creating the dressing. In a mixing bowl combine honey, dijon mustard, olive oil, lemon juice, zaatar, and finally salt and pepper. The lemon is important as it adds a nice zest to the dressing and is a great compliment to the kale. Abbey’s choice of zaatar over the oregano typically used in a Tzatziki sauce is part of her special twist on the salad. Zaatar is actually a middle eastern spice that contains oregano so it is a perfect fit for the job. Once you have all those ingredients combined into a bowl whisk them together well.

Your next step is to thoroughly rinse your kale and then cut it up into your preferred size of strips. When cut add it to a large bowl and then pour your dressing on it being sure to cover as much of the kale as possible. After you have your dressing poured on massage it into the kale as seen in the video. Now it’s time to create the Tzatziki sauce. In another bowl combine greek yogurt, strained cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, and fresh dill as seen in the video. Mix all these ingredients together well until you reach your desired consistency.

Moving on to the chickpeas drain all the excess liquid from a can of them and then pour them out onto a baking sheet. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on them as well as a generous amount of olive oil. Stir that all around together on your baking sheet and then cook your chickpeas at 400’ for 20-30 minutes. When they are all done baking pull them out of the oven and they should be a nice golden brown color as well as crispy and crunchy.

Now that we have all the elements of the salad created it’s time to put it together. Pick your choice of dish to plate your salad in and lay down a bed of the kale you dressed earlier. Follow that up with some chopped cherry tomatoes, chopped bell peppers, chopped cucumbers, olives, pine nuts, pomegranate seeds, combination Feta, sumac, and then a fair amount of those chick peas you just crisped up. Your crispy chickpea kale salad is almost complete. Finish this salad off by adding your Tzatziki sauce to the top.

Thank you so much for watching and don't forget to checkout Nia Vardalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" while you're eating this epic twist on the classic greek salad. If you have an epic twist of your own be sure to leave a comment and let us know.

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