There is something so simple and yet so wonderful about eating outside in the summertime. I love cooking outside too – and so anything BBQ’ed is awesome right now. I have been playing with Middle Eastern Flavours and have become addicted to this Fattoush Salad.
I’ve read some recipes that call for radish and others that call for pomegranate. Some that add for mint and others that add for parsley. Some that use a lemon based dressing and others that use a vinegar based dressing.
It’s not often that I say that more is more {it almost always is a rule in cooking in my kitchen that more is less}, but I love using just about everything in my Fattoush Salad!
You could eat this salad as a meal or you could combine it with something else – like the Lebanese BBQ chicken or the Lebanese meatballs, which I will blog about shortly or maybe go completely veggo and grill some tasty Halloumi cheese.
FATTOUSH SALAD
1 baby cos lettuce
3 raddishes
2 tomatoes
2 cucumbers
2 spring onions
1 pomegranate
1 lemon
2 tablespoons of torn fresh mint
2 tablespoons of torn fresh parsley
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 flatbreads
2 tablespoons of sumac
1 tablespoon of salt
Drizzle a little oil over the flatbreads, then sprinkle with salt and sumac before baking in a 180 degree oven for 10 minutes or until crispy. Set aside to cool.
Wash and chop all of the veggies and place in a bowl. Mix the remaining oil with any remaining sumac, salt and the juice of a lemon. Pour over the salad and toss. Crunch the flatbread into bite size pieces and then add into the salad before tossing and serving straight away.
* Always add the flatbread straight before you serve, because you want it to remain crunchy!
Are you enjoying eating outside? What is your go to salad at the moment? Or are you over salad completely?
Don’t forget that I would love to see if you recreate any of my recipes so post to Instagram and hashtag me #agoodfoodweekrecipe
LOVE this salad, last time I had this would be maybe 10 years ago in a Lebanese restaurant in town, was INCREDIBLE as does this YUM!
I think I’ll have to do a take on this one in this years series of Simple Salads for sure! xx
I think this would have to be my favourite salad!
Oooo this looks delicious! Bec x
It seriously is Bec – and I have a great Lebanese chicken recipe to go with it {if you’re interested}.