Spiced Bean & Greek Pitta Salad

[Carl]

Spiced Bean & Greek Pitta Salad.jpg (35.19 KiB) Viewed 237 times

Takes: 20 minutes (plus cooling time)
Serves: 2

No nutritional information available.

Ingredients

- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ x 400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- Juice of ½ lemon
- Small handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 25g pitted olives
- ¼ small cucumber, quartered lengthways
- 4 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 125g feta, cubed
- 2 small folded flatbreads
- 50g mayonnaise

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook the onion for 3 - 4 minutes, stirring, or until softened. Increase the heat to high. Add the garlic, oregano, cumin and beans, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring, or until lightly browned. Add the lemon juice and parsley and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a bowl and leave to cool.

2. Meanwhile, combine the olives, cucumber, tomatoes and feta in a bowl.

3. When ready to serve, open the flatbreads and spread with mayonnaise. Top with the bean and olive mixtures. Serve with lemon wedges, if liked.