Middle Eastern + Salad recipes (17)

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Broad Bean Salad

Recipe by: SAFAD

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You can prepare this flavourful broad bean salad in minutes. It's tomatoes, onion and cucumber tossed with fresh parsley, lemon juice and olive oil. Makes a great, simple, side dish for traditional Middle Eastern meals.

Bulghur wheat salad

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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A variation on the classic Middle Eastern salad, Tabbouleh, this delicious dish made with cracked wheat makes a healthy light lunch or supper.

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Chickpea and pitta salad

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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This is based on fattoush, the popular salad enjoyed in the Lebanon and Syria, and it makes a satisfying main dish. It's important to grill the pitta bread until it is really crisp and golden or it will quickly become soggy when mixed with the other ingredients. The dressing adds the distinctive flavours of olives, anchovy and garlic.

Couscous salad with oranges and dates

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Couscous makes a brilliant base for a quick salad, as it only needs a brief soaking in hot stock (or water). Here it is combined with chickpeas, dates, oranges and pistachios for a Middle Eastern-style vegetarian dish.

Fattoush

Recipe by: WINNIFRED

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Toasted pitta bread pieces are tossed with crisp cos lettuce, spring onions, cucumber, fresh tomatoes and a flavourful Middle Eastern dressing in this salad. Sumac, a traditional spice, is available from Middle Eastern grocers. It may be left out of this salad, but I think the flavour is important to the overall taste.

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Fattoush salad

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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Lots of chopped fresh herbs give this quick and simple Middle Eastern salad its pronounced flavour, and bite-sized pieces of crisply grilled pitta bread provide texture. Serve for a light meal with a hint of summer at any time of the year.

Feta tabbouleh with orange

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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A fabulous main meal salad based on bulghur wheat, generously flavoured with fresh herbs. It is best prepared ahead to give time for all the wonderful flavours to mingle.

Hannah's cous cous salad

Recipe by: Vickie1

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This simple salad is a favourite of my daughters & whenever made will simply disappear from the fridge before I get to serve it! Quick & easy to prepare & useful to use up odds and ends of salad ingredients.

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Hummus salad

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Homemade hummus only takes a few moments to whizz together and makes a perfect light lunch, served simply with pitta. But for a balanced meal, turn it into this more substantial salad with the addition of crisp salad vegetables.

Lamb tabbouleh with fresh herbs

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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In this Middle Eastern-style salad, bulghur wheat and crisp colourful salad ingredients are tossed with a generous quantity of chopped fresh herbs and a light lemony dressing, then served with succulent pieces of lean lamb. It's the perfect dish for a relaxed meal. Serve with toasted wholemeal pitta triangles and plain yogurt.

Lebanese Bulghur Wheat and Feta Salad

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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Bulghur wheat makes a tasty base for a fast salad. Here it is combined with herbs, olives, some al dente vegetables and crumbly feta cheese, all tossed in a spicy dressing. Great with iceberg lettuce and chunks of sesame-seed bread. Delicious!

Lemony lentil and vegetable salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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This is a deliciously healthy and filling Middle Eastern salad. The lentils are cooked with lemon and spices, then dressed while warm. Vegetables add colour, and dried apricots, goat's cheese and sunflower seeds complete the feast.

Middle Eastern lentil salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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This is a deliciously healthy and filling salad. The lentils are cooked with garlic and lemon plus a pinch of cumin, then dressed while warm. Mixed peppers and broccoli florets add colour, and the salad is finished with dried apricots, goat's cheese and toasted sunflower seeds. Serve with toasted pitta bread.

Persian-style squash couscous

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Wonderfully exotic and colourful, this vegetarian salad captures the flavours of ancient Persian cooking. Dates and sultanas are gently simmered with wine, spices and garlic, to flavour couscous, and then topped with roasted butternut and patty pan squashes, peppers and orange.

Quinoa Tabbouleh

Recipe by: syneva

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This tabbouleh recipe is different. Instead of using bulgur like traditional tabbouleh, this recipe uses quinoa. It is a grain that is available at health shops. It looks and tastes better than bulgur. My husband and I both love this and neither of us is vegetarian. It's a great meal for a hot summer day. The longer it sits the better it tastes.

Tabbouleh with goat's cheese

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Tabbouleh is a classic Middle Eastern salad made with bulghur wheat. While the wheat is soaking, you have just enough time to chop the vegetables and herbs, and make the dressing. Serve with lavash or pitta bread.

Tunisian fattoush with tuna

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Versions of this fresh-tasting, crunchy vegetable and bread salad are popular throughout the Middle East, where it is often served as an accompaniment to roast lamb. Here, it is transformed into a filling meal with grilled, fresh tuna steaks, which have a tender, meat-like texture.