Endive Boats Filled With Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

PREP TIME: 10 minutes  COOK TIME:SERVES:

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This super easy, colorful & fresh appetizer will be the hit of any summer gathering. Imagine creamy hummus mixed with savory herbs, spices and chickpeas served chilled in crunchy endive "boats." Arrange on a nice decorative plate and watch eyes pop - "ooohhhh what is that?" Go ahead and tell them that these beauties take 10 minutes to make out of 4 Trader Joe's ready-made ingredients. You'll be known as a creative genius.

**from The Unofficial Guide to Trader Joe's (CLICK HERE TO GET IT NOW )

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Ingredients

  • 1 tub Trader Joe’s Balela (a Middle Eastern salad mix found near hummus)
  • 1 tub Trader Joe’s Mediterranean (or other flavored) Hummus
  • 1 tub Trader Joe’s Tabbouli
  • 2 packages endives (come in red & green)

Instructions

  • 1. In a medium bowl, combine the balela and the tabbouli.
  • 2. Cut the bottoms of each head of endive and separate the leaves.
  • 3. Spread a small amount of hummus at the bottom of each endive “boat” and top with a spoonful of the chickpea salad mix.
  • 4. Serve immediately or wrap in plastic and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.

Additional Notes

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Source

from The Unofficial Guide to Trader Joe's


reviews
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Thatgirlsuicide

I love how easy these were to make. The kind of scratchy taste of endives is smoothed over with the hummus and the rest of the salad mix. Very tasty. This is a fool-proof appetizer, and it looks like it took hours.