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Falafel salad with tahini sauce

When I have leftover falafels,home-madeor shop-bought, I make a quick & easy salad with them for lunch. This falafel salad with tahini sauce is on the table within 10 minutes - or you can take it with you in your lunch box to work, on trips and picnics. To make your own tahini sauce is super easy too -  just follow this recipe. Serve it with flatbread.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ready-made falafels
  • 2 handful of mixed salad leaves
  • 1 handful black olives drained
  • ½ cup chopped cucumber
  • 1 handful cherry tomatoes on the vine
  • ½ red onion sliced
  • ½ red pepper sliced or roasted pepper from a jar
  • 4 Tbsp hummus
  • 4 Tbsp tahini sauce
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • Juice of ½ lemon

Method
 

  1. Put a big dollop of hummus in the middle of a large plate. Scatter the salad leaves around the hummus, then arrange the other veggies on top.
  2. Place the falafels into the hummus, then drizzle the salad with olive oil and lemon juice.
  3. Drizzle the tahini sauce over everything, just before serving.