I stumbled across the fantastic Mediterranean Peppers and Olives Salad Recipe on Kalyn’s Kitchen a few weeks ago and finally got around to giving it a try this past weekend. I made a few changes to make it more diet friendly (and more flavorful).
And it was out of this world!!
This is an incredibly delicious salad that is so full of flavor, texture and color, and it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is healthy. Loaded with all the wonderful Mediterranean food fats that are good for your heart, this healthy salad recipe is worth every Point of the 5 Points it has per serving.
Because this salad is so rich in flavor, I’d recommend pairing it with a light fish or chicken entree. Or serve it over some quinoa for a filling and amazing vegetarian recipe.
You can’t go wrong with this Peppers and Olives salad recipe — it is fantastic.
Mediterranean Peppers and Olives Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups sliced sweet mini-peppers
- 1 can garbanzo beans rinsed and drained well
- 1 cup kalamata olives - pitted, drained well
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ⅓ cup fat free feta cheese
- 4 large cloves garlic - minced
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cut peppers into rings, cutting towards stem end and discarding stems and seeds.
- Put peppers into Ziploc bag. Combine vinegar ½ tbsp olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper and pour over peppers.
- Allow to marinate in refrigerator 24 hours, turning occasionally.
- Drain peppers and set aside ¼ cup of marinade.
- Combine remaining olive oil and reserved marinade. Add additional marinade if you want the dressing to be stronger, and use less if you want it more mild.
- Rinse garbanzos well and let drain at least 10 minutes.
- Drain olives and then combine drained garbanzos and olives.
- Add in the marinated peppers and desired amount of dressing.
- Gently stir in Feta and serve immediately.
8 Comments
how do you pit the kalamata olives? I don’t think it is possible to buy them already pitted, or at least I’ve never seen them that way
Is the garnish parsley?
Yes, it is flat leaf parsley.
Made this today for lunch for my MahJongg group. It was fabulous! The only change I made was to add grape tomatoes. With quinoa and crescent rolls on the side it was very filling. My “non veggie lover” hubby even liked it!
So glad you enjoyed it!
what are sweet mini peppers?
How much and what kind of vinegar? It’s missing from the recipe…
YIKES! I don’t know how that manged to not get included in the recipe list. I’m fixing it now…. But it’s 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar