{"id":1001,"date":"2019-01-02T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2019-01-02T19:49:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:49:02","slug":"israeli-vegetable-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Vegetable Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 (1 lb. 13 oz.) can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 cup of the tahini (ground sesame paste);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice (4-6 lemons), divided;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 tablespoons of chopped garlic (9 cloves);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/2 teaspoons of ground cumin;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1\/2 teaspoon of Sriracha;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good olive oil;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 large hothouse cucumber, unpeeled, halved, seeded and 1\/2-inch diced;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 cups of heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved and quartered;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 cup (1\/2 inch-diced) Holland red bell pepper red bell (1 large);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3\/4 cup (1\/4-inch-diced) red onion;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1\/2 cup of julienned fresh mint leaves, for garnish; and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">T<span style=\"color: #000000;\">oasted pita bread, for serving.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directions:<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the hummus, place the chickpeas, tahini, 3\/4 cup of the lemon juice, the garlic, cumin, Sriracha, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of black pepper in a bowl of a food processor fitted with steel blades and process until the mixture is completely smooth. If the hummus is too thick, add a few tablespoons of warm water until it is creamy but still thick and spreadable. In a large bowl, combine the cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, and red onion. Add 1\/3 cup of olive oil, the remaining 1\/4 a cup of lemon juice, 2 teaspoons of salt and 1 teaspoon of black pepper and combine. Spoon the hummus into a large 12 x 16\u201cserving platter, spreading it out with a raised edge. With a slotted spoon, mound the vegetable salad on the hummus, leaving the edges of the hummus visible. Sprinkle the vegetables and hummus with the mint and extra salt. Drizzle with olive oil and serve at room temperature with pita bread.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: \u00a01 (1 lb. 13 oz.) can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 1 cup of the tahini (ground sesame paste); 1 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice (4-6 lemons), divided; 3 tablespoons of chopped garlic (9 cloves); 11\/2 teaspoons of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=1001\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[293,292,294,110],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salads","tag-cumin","tag-hummus","tag-sriracha","tag-vegetable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}