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Lebanese Fattoush Salad
  • 20 MINUTES COOK TIME
  • 20 MINUTES TOTAL TIME
PHOTO BY LAURA HEINEMAN
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Ingredients

Ingredients for Toasted Bread

  • 1/2 tsp sumac
  • 3 tsp olive oil
  • 1 loaf whole wheat pita bread

Ingredients for Dressing

  • 2 Tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 1 tsp sumac
  • 1 lime
  • pepper to taste
  • salt to taste
  • 1/3 C olive oil

Ingredients for Salad

  • 1 romaine heart
  • 5 tomato
  • 5 scallion
  • 5 radish
  • 2 C parsley
  • 1 C mint
  • 1 English cucumber

Directions

Mise En Place

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Measure out all ingredients.
  • Wash and dry fresh produce.
  • Chop romaine heart, tomatoes, radishes, parsley, mint, and cucumber.

Preparation

  • Cut the pita bread into small pieces. Mix with 3 tsp olive oil and ½ tsp sumac. Place into the oven until the pieces are toasted and browned.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, scallions with the sliced radish and parsley. Mix in the toasted bread.
  • Make the dressing by mixing the olive oil, sumac, lime, pomegranate molasses and salt and pepper to taste.

Serve and enjoy!

  • Drizzle the dressing over the salad and enjoy!

Recipe in Action

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  • 6 Servings
  • Difficulty: Easy
Click here for Nutrition Facts Nutrition Tip

Making your own dressing allows you to control the ingredients in your food, giving you the chance to incorporate more unsaturated fat from the olive oil and reduce added sugars and salts from pre-packaged dressings.

Cultural Facts

Mint is a type of flavorful herb used in many types of dishes throughout Lebanon, particularly, in the ever-popular Mint Tea, in which dried or fresh mint leaves are steeped in black tea.

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