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Vegan energetic bomb - hummus & avocado salad - recipe
Tired with all meat dishes in Montenegro? Or are you just looking for an energetic vegan meal? Here we have a good proposal for you. Healthy, vegan, raw and full of nutrients. A lot of healthy, vegetal proteins, good fats and extremely refreshing at the same time. What else might you need during a sunny day?
Why is it so good?
Well, the best answer is that is tasty and healthy. Just vegetables, nuts, seeds, and avocado. Some extra regional olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and optionally small slices of a brown bread. This composition of superfoods is a good source of many important minerals, vitamins, fats, and proteins. It is well balanced, relatively light, but still nutritive and satiating. After eating it, your body will feel better, your belly will be full, but not overloaded, and you will have a lot of energy! No drowsiness, no lack of energy and no feeling of a heavy stomach.
What is in this powerful vegan salad?
The base of it is lettuce. It is cut into quite small chunks and although it creates the base, it is not the most important ingredient. Here, a regular iceberg and red lettuce is used, what makes the salad even more colorful and tempting. Apart from that, there is a heartful serving of a chickpea hummus, that tastes greatly with a local, brown bread. It is relatively mild, with some pepper and salty notes, and of course with chickpea scents. If it is not enough for you, boiled chickpeas are added as a garnish, just to stress the taste.
Considering healthy ingredients, chickpea is not alone. There is also avocado, that is cut into small cubes and scattered all around the salad. It is aroma is delicate, it is soft and has a buttery texture.
Finally, the salad is seasoned with multiple different seeds and nuts. Sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds not only create a beautiful garnish, but also give you a lot of valuable nutrients. At the far end are small tomato chunks and Kalamata olives, that make this salad not only more beautiful but also full of different colors and flavors.
How to make hummus & avocado salad – recipe
Serving for 2 persons
Ingredients:
- 1 iceberg lettuce
- ½ red lettuce
- 1 ripe avocado (I love these creamy varieties from Mexico)
- 400 g chickpea hummus
- 2 tomatos
- 2 tsp. sunflower seeds
- 2 tsp. pumpkin seeds
- 2 tsp. sesame seeds
- 4 tbsp. uncooked or 8 tbsp. cooked or canned chickpeas
- 20 Kalamata olives
- 4 brown bread slices
- 6 tbsp. olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions:
- Wash both lettuces and let them drain
- At the same time, prepare chickpea – either soak it and boil it afterwards, or boil it straightforwardly. In case you are using canned chickpeas, just skip this step
- Halve avocado, remove seed and peel it
- Cut lettuces into medium-size pieces
- Halve tomato and then cut each half into 4 quarters
- Cut each half of the avocado into small cubes (more or less into 1 cm x 1 cm)
- Take two serving plates and put evenly salad on each of them
- On top of it, place avocado cubes
- Add 4 tbsp. of cooked chickpea
- Scatter around Kalamata olives
- As a next and final layer, put half of the prepared hummus on each serving
- Garnish it with mixed sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds
- Finally, decorate it with tomato parts, add salt and pepper (the best would be this freshly grinded)
- Pour olive oil and optionally balsamic vinegar on top of it
- Serve just after preparing (do not store it for a long time, because avocado will quickly get brown, and lettuce will lose its shape and freshness)
- Serve with wine and a couple of bread slices or baguette
Bon appétit!
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