We’re having pizza!!! sang The Monkey’s to Mr Chocolate as he closed the front door behind him.
Two grinning boys launched themselves at their father…pizza!
Mr Chocolate looked happy too as he scanned the table tops with their proving doughs. Although, you’re not having pizza Dada, I think you’re having salad, said a sombre looking Monkey Boy. His face fell, as he looked to me to for confirmation.
Yep, mung bean salad lucky man.
(oh relax, I’m feeling generous… you can have pizza as well.)
Hippy Salad
sprouted mung beans
one can of chickpeas
one finely sliced capsicum (pepper)
one finely sliced small chilli
couple of finely sliced shallots
Dressing
a couple of slugs of great local olive oil
good pinch of cumin
and dried coriander
salt/pepper to taste
pop half a clove of crushed garlic (new season- which is a bit damn exciting)
juice of half a back yard lemon,
shake it up a bit and
add to your salad
eat with gusto… or pizza
Oh the poor love, fancy thinking he was getting pizza and having to eat salad! Although it’s a very delicious looking salad, Brydie (I love chick peas!), and you were kind to throw him a crumb of pizza too..
I love salad…but boy, I do love a great home made pizza. Loving the colours in this; spring has truly sprung!
I read the first ingredient of your dressing as “a couple of slugs”! YIKES! LOL. I’d like to give making pizzza bases a go – is your recipe easy (for noobs like me that is)?
For these pizzas I actually used my olive oil bread dough recipe and rolled them out really thin. Dead easy and if you have a look at this post, it shows you step by step of what to do.
Good luck
http://cityhippyfarmgirl.com/2011/06/04/how-to-make-bread-for-the-person-who-thinks-they-cant-but-really-they-can/
Oh, seems cruel tormenting him with pizza promises, salad is good, but pizza is great!
I love the way you write your recipes, Brydie. My little boy gets very excited if we’re having pizza, too. xx
Pizza goes very well with chickpea salad! And you don’t need to eat much of either to fill up! Great idea- and I’m glad your little ones were so happy with their own special pizza treat!
What a perfect salad! Have a great weekend
Love a good hippy salad, especially one accompanied by pizza! Looks like a good salad to take to work too.
Saskia I had it for lunch the next day and it was a good filler.
LOL oh poor Mr Chocolate at first! Although this salad looks might fine anyway so I’d go for a bit of both
Ha, your poor man
Your hippy salad looks so fresh, delicious & easy to make. Love how you photographed it on the dark table.
Thanks M
Yummmmmmmm. Pizaaaaaaaaa. Gosh. It must lunchtime.
So funny, I always stack big piles of rocket salad on top of my home made pizza- after it’s out of the oven of course!
This salad sure looks like a meal in itself though too
You meany
I think your relationship might have been in trouble if you served this and withheld the pizza
However, if I was visiting, I’d be quite happy if you did just that. Hippy or not, it looks wonderful.
Exquisite timing on this one! I saw the pic, thought surely not chickpeas on pizza?? and then I laughed away
I hope you had a wonderful pizza night and the healthy salad looks just the ticket to off set the joys of melted cheese xx
I couldn’t resist a salad with a name like that.. I fancy myself something of a hippy you know:D xx
I love hippy salad – makes pizza taste great – though I think I would have an unhappy E at home if I made this for him without dinner – but how can sprouts not be fun with their cute little tails