Grilled Chicken Vegetable Salad With Chickpeas Feta Food

CHICKPEA SALAD

Steps:

• Place the diced onion in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let sit for 10 minutes, then drain. (This step tames the bite of the raw onion.)
• Combine the onions with the remaining ingredients and toss well. Taste and adjust seasoning with more lemon, salt, and pepper, if necessary. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Toss well before serving and adjust seasoning again, if necessary.
• Make-Ahead: The salad can be made and stored in a covered container in the refrigerator up to 2 days ahead of time.
• Note: Different brands of chickpeas contain different levels of salt, so if using a different brand than the one specified, add salt to taste.

GRILLED CHICKEN FETA SALAD

Steps:

• Add chicken, diced veggies, spices, sour cream, and mayonnaise to a large mixing bowl.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix thoroughly until all ingredients are creamy and coated.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place the bowl in the refrigerator. Allow the salad to chill for at least 2 hours. This salad tastes better the next day.
• Serve salad on a bed of green, toasted bread, or enjoy alone.

GREEK GRILLED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SALAD WITH WARM PITA BREAD FOR WRAPPING

Steps:

• Preheat grill pan over high heat. Place chicken in shallow dish and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Wrap pita breads in foil. Place in warm oven and heat until dinner is served.
• Combine lemon zest, juice and vinegar in a bowl and whisk in oil. Add oregano, garlic and whisk again to combine into dressing. Pour half the dressing over chicken tenders. Turn tenders in dressing to coat.
• Combine remaining salad ingredients in a bowl. Pour remaining dressing over salad and toss well. The salad should be very lightly dressed. Season salad with salt and pepper and transfer to a large serving platter.
• Grill tenders 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Transfer hot tenders to the salad lined serving platter. Remove pitas from oven and unwrap. Cut pitas in half and arrange around the edge of platter.
• To serve, each person can pile grilled chicken and veggies into pita halves, wrap up on either side and enjoy!

GRIDDLED CHICKEN WITH QUINOA GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the quinoa following the pack instructions, then rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly.
• Meanwhile, mix the butter, chilli and garlic into a paste. Toss the chicken fillets in 2 tsp of the olive oil with some seasoning. Lay in a hot griddle pan and cook for 3-4 mins each side or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate, dot with the spicy butter and set aside to melt.
• Next, tip the tomatoes, olives, onion, feta and mint into a bowl. Toss in the cooked quinoa. Stir through the remaining olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and season well. Serve with the chicken fillets on top, drizzled with any buttery chicken juices.

GRILLED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH FETA

Steps:

• Arrange the vegetables in a single layer on a tray or work surface.
• Lightly spray both sides of veggies with olive oil cooking spray.
• Preheat a grill or grill pan over a medium-high heat.
• Grill the vegetables in batches until both sides are nicely charred and the vegetables are just tender, about 10 minutes for the pepper, about 8 minutes for the eggplant and onion, and about 6 minutes for the zucchini and mushrooms.
• When the vegetables are cool enough to handle, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and transfer to a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar and oregano.
• Pour over the vegetables and toss.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Gently stir in the tomatoes and mint.
• Divide the salad between 4 plates and sprinkle with the feta and pistachios.