{"id":563,"date":"2017-04-24T12:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T00:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalem92887712.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/24\/falafel-salad\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T00:13:23","slug":"falafel-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2017\/04\/24\/falafel-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Falafel Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Falafel mix (store-bought or homemade) is high in protein and fibre, meaning you stay full for longer! Legumes (i.e. chickpeas) are a source complex of complex carbohydrates, giving you sustained energy, reducing the chances of that afternoon slump!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/1*kFpcS6SOd4t2ikO197MDfQ.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Serves 1<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00be cup falafel mixture (store-bought or see our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.freshstartwithnadia.co.nz\/homemade-falafel-1822325e6218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recipe<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd carrot, grated<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>1 radish, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half (or 1 tomato, diced)<\/p>\n<p>1\u20132 handfuls roughly chopped leafy greens (e.g. baby spinach, rocket, kale, iceberg lettuce)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minted yoghurt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons low fat natural yoghurt<\/p>\n<p>1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves<\/p>\n<p><em>To serve<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1 lemon wedge (optional)<\/p>\n<p><em>Method<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using heaped tablespoons of falafel mixture and wet hands, shape into patties, about 1cm-thick.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2. Heat oil in a medium, non-stick fry-pan on medium heat. Cook falafel, for 2\u20133 minutes each side, until golden brown and cooked through.<\/p>\n<p>3. While falafel is cooking, mix yoghurt and mint together.<\/p>\n<p>4. Place all salad ingredients on a serving plate or in an airtight container.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To serve, <\/strong>place salad ingredients on a plate\/into container, top with falafel and minted yoghurt. Squeeze over lemon juice just before eating.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nutritional Info (per serve)<br \/><\/em><\/strong>Energy (kJ): 1582<br \/>Energy (Cal): 378<br \/>Carbohydrate (g): 50.0<br \/>Protein (g): 18.9<br \/>Fat (g): 8.4<br \/>Saturated Fat (g): 0.8<br \/>Sugars (g): 5.6<\/p>\n<p>Click here to return to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshstartwithnadia.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fresh Start<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falafel mix (store-bought or homemade) is high in protein and fibre, meaning you stay full for longer! Legumes (i.e. chickpeas) are a source complex of complex carbohydrates, giving you sustained energy, reducing the chances of that afternoon slump! Serves 1 Ingredients \u00be cup falafel mixture (store-bought or see our recipe) 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2353,2354],"tags":[1852,1853,1790,1848],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-my-food-bag","tag-food","tag-inspiration","tag-lunch","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}