As I mentioned earlier, while growing up and living at home, my mother was never that adventurous in the kitchen- hence why I have never been too picky with food or knowledgable with it. When I met my friend Beth it was pretty much meant to be- we often found ourselves at the ski chalet not knowing what to have for dinner (jarred beets?), finding ourselves out to dinner at local restaurants way too often (lola rosa?), and often having to resort to local restaurant/ take out places to 'create our own salad' (where essentially you tell the employee what you want in your salad- ie lettuce, avocado, dried cranberries- and they put it in a bowl for you... for $10... pretty ridiculous!).
Since then we have found ourselves in Toronto where we have dinner at least once a month and try to be 'chefs for the night.' It sounds silly but believe me, it's a great time-- i will most definitely be sharing some of our top dishes/ recipes with you! In between our chef nights we like to share discovered recipes with one another and that is where this recipe comes from- this salad is created by Beth.
Just as I have stated before, simple but delicious is key!
What you will need:
- a can of chickpeas
- sun-dried tomatoes
- pesto
- salt & pepper
Open the can of chickpeas and drain- keep them out for a little so they dry a bit- then place in a bowl. Put three table spoons of pesto into the bowl and mix with the chickpeas (make sure all chickpeas are covered- add more pesto if that isn't enough). Then sprinkle salt and pepper to the bowl! Then take a handful of sun-dried tomatoes- I couldn't find pre sliced ones so I cut whole sun dried tomato sliced into slivers with scissors. Mix together and voila!
Simple and delicious- thank you Beth!
Happy eating,
A
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