Eggplant & Chickpea Salad With a Parmesan Dressing
Updated: Sep 20
Another day, another fresh & summery salad. I present you with my Eggplant & Chickpea Salad With a Parmesan Dressing. I feel like eggplant is a vegetable people forget exists, when in reality it can be a great source of dietary fiber, manganese, and vitamin K - three nutrients that most Americans don't get enough of in their diet! So, I made this perfect vegetarian recipe for you to make yourself under 30 minutes! All you need is eggplant, chickpeas, tomatoes, olives, arugula, and parmesan. Because you can live your best life and eat cheese. Once you make this incredibly flavorful salad, you'll never look at eggplant the same again! Let's get to it.
Yields: 1
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
This recipe is gluten free and vegetarian.
Ingredients:
1 eggplant
8 cherry tomatoes
6-8 kalamata olives
Arugula
¼ cup of chickpeas
1 tbsp shredded parmesan
Juice of ½ lemon
Extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves finely minced
Salt
Lemon pepper
Garnish of fresh parsley, finely chopped
Instructions:
1. First, preheat your oven to broil.
2. Grab your eggplant and slice thin vertical strips, about 1 ½ inch thick. You'll most likely chop 4-5 slices.
3. Now, grab a baking sheet and place aluminum foil on top. Place your eggplant slices onto the sheet. Drizzle on olive oit, salt, and black pepper onto both sides. Make sure all eggplant slices are seasoned equally. Now, grab the finely minced garlic and sprinkle them equally onto the eggplant slices.
4. Broil until the eggplant slices are fully tender, you don't want them to burn though. This may take up to 15 minutes or so.
5. While the eggplant slices are broiling, have your cherry tomatoes sliced into thin coin pieces, your kalamata olives sliced in halves, and your parsley finely chopped for later use.
6. For the dressing: grab a small bowl and pour in 2-3 TBSPS of olive oil, the juice of ½ lemon, 1 TBSP shredded parmesan, and salt & lemon pepper to taste. Mix very well.
7. Let's put it all together: gently take the eggplant out to cool. Once it does it's ready to layer. Grab a serving bowl, add in a handful of arugula, and layer the strips of eggplant. Add in your chickpeas, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and parsley. Pour on your dressing. Mix & enjoy!
I hope you love this recipe as much as I did, so if you do, please leave me a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I always read through my suggestions and comments, so please let me know your thoughts. If you have any questions you can feel free to DM me here or through Instagram. Speaking of Instagram - please tag me in all of your creations! I love seeing how the recipes come out and seeing how talented you all are. Sending my love.
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