Fattoush is one of my favorite salads to whip up as a quick side or many times in fact as a healthy snack.  It is known as the Peasant Salad, because farmers of north Lebanon, used to throw in whatever was the harvest of that season and made large amounts to feed large families. Fattoush makes good use of leftover Khubz, which is the staple bread of the Middle East. We see many salad type meals that make use of stale or day-old flatbreads in this manner across the region. Fattoush is my favorite. The toasted Khubz (Pita) acts like croutons and absorbs the flavors of the salad pleasantly while satisfying the need for some carbs.

Fattoush is a fresh tasting and zingy salad. I have listed some of the common ingredients.

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Fattoush –  فتوش  – Levantine Toasted Pita and Mixed Vegetable Salad

Common Ingredients used:

• Greens of some sort. (Purslane, is traditionally used. This grows wild in many parts of the US as well as in Asia). Watercress or your favorite mixed greens may be used instead.
• Pomegranate Molasses and Sumac are often used for the highlighted sour flavor. My recipe, however, uses only fresh pomegranate, as I find it more appealing personally.
• Onions, Cucumber, Tomato, Radish ( in small amounts) and mint are also often used.
• I love using dried herbs in Fattoush. Za’atar and Dried mint, adds an earthy and fresh scented dimension to this salad.

The vegetables are sliced or chopped roughly and all the ingredients are tossed together very quickly. Put the bread in the oven to toast, while you start making the salad. Here is how I make Fattoush. Feel free to add seasonal vegetables in moderation.

Key Ingredients: Salad leaves, Onion, Tomato, Cucumber, Pomegranate, Green Capsicum, Olive oil, Dried herbs (Mint, Za’atar), Walnuts,  Salt.

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