The salad with melon and chickpeas is fresh, a great big salad for the hot season. A sweet and savory main dish for a complete meal.
#dried chickpeas – all year
#melon – from June to September
Other recipes with melon
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Seasonality: Summer
- Energy 274.78 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 33.34 (g) of which sugars 6.01 (g)
- Proteins 7.80 (g)
- Fat 12.35 (g) of which saturated 2.20 (g)of which unsaturated 5.01 (g)
- Fibers 6.20 (g)
- Sodium 479.70 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 165 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Salad with Melon and Chickpeas
- 1 slice cantaloupe melon (or jolly)
- 4.5 oz cooked, boiled chickpeas (dry weight 1.75 oz – or cannellini beans)
- 2 tablespoons taggiasche olives (or black olives)
- to taste arugula (or rocket)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- to taste dried oregano (and salt)
- 1.75 oz croutons (or rusks)
Enrich with other VEGETABLES: cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, friggitelli or bell peppers, celery.
If desired, add some chopped nuts or seeds.
Season with vinegar (apple or balsamic) or lemon juice as desired.
Salad with Melon and Chickpeas
First, cook the chickpeas, or use canned ones (rinse under running water before use).
Prepare the croutons at home: cut the bread into cubes, season them with aromatic herbs and oil,
then heat them in a non-stick pan; alternatively, use rusks coarsely broken up.
Cut the melon into cubes or slices, after peeling and removing the seeds.
ASSEMBLY
In a bowl, place: melon pieces, drained chickpeas, arugula, pitted olives, and season with oregano and oil, mix. Before serving, add the croutons.
Beautiful to SERVE inside the hollowed-out melon rind.
VEGETARIAN variations
Enrich with cheese without animal rennet: caciotta, casatella, emmental, feta, cottage cheese, mozzarella, primo sale, white toma.
alternative with FISH
Integrate the big salad with shrimp (prawns or small shrimps), smoked salmon or swordfish, tuna in oil or anchovy fillets or anchovies.
Integrate the big salad with shrimp (prawns or small shrimps), smoked salmon or swordfish, tuna in oil or anchovy fillets or anchovies.
