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Loaded Mediterranean Nachos with Pignoli Tahini Sauce {Vegan + GF optional!}

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You know what’s better than nachos?

Loaded Mediterranean Style Nachos {Vegan + GF optional!} | Whisk and Shout

Vegan, gluten-free, Greek-style nachos.


Greek salad is definitely my all time favorite. No matter how fancy a salad you serve up, even if it has everything I love in one bowl, I will always choose a Greek salad (no feta, dressing on the side, please!).

Loaded Mediterranean Style Nachos {Vegan + GF optional!} | Whisk and Shout

Besides the feta (obviously), I need those kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, and red onions for the salad to shine. These nachos are an elevated Greek salad (and boy, do I mean elevated!)

Loaded Mediterranean Nachos with Pignoli Tahini Sauce {Vegan + GF optional!}

They start with a bed of pita and taro chips. If you’re gluten-free, you’re going to want to use all taro chips. The ones I use are root chips, made of sweet potato and the like. They’re colorful, awesome, and totally wheat-free. #gf4lyfe! (I’m not even gluten-free, stop me).

Then I got really excited and combined chickpeas, grape tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion. And a dash of vinegar and tons of lemon. It’s like greek salad dressing and greek salad but with chickpeas and no lettuce. (Fun fact: I love chickpeas and hate lettuce)

And we cannot forget the olives! I love love love olives. So not only do we have kalamatas, but some green thrown in there as well. Plus, dill. Because of course.

Loaded Mediterranean Style Nachos {Vegan + GF optional!} | Whisk and Shout Ooooh and we can’t forget about that dressing! Pine nuts and tahini… that’s literally it, no high-cal, high-fat oils in sight! So creamy and soooo delicious. Add some parsley, and you’re good to go.

Better than good.

I mean, just look at these, am I right?

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Loaded Mediterranean Nachos with Pignoli Tahini Sauce {Vegan + GF optional!}
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Snack, Lunch
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Greek
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Serves: 4-6
 
These flavorful nachos combine crunchy pita and taro root chips and the components of a Greek salad, all topped off with creamy pine nut & tahini sauce! A perfect snack, appetizer, or lunch that is vegan, gluten-free optional, and ready in a flash!
Ingredients
  • 3 oz pita chips
  • 3 oz taro chips (or 6 oz and no pita chips if GF)
  • ½ cup chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • ½ cup grape tomatoes, sliced
  • ¼ cup cucumber, sliced or diced
  • 1 tbsp diced red onion
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 5-7 kalamata olives
  • 5-7 green olives
  • 2 tsp dill
  • ¼ cup pine nuts
  • 2 heaping tbsp tahini
  • a pinch of parsley
  • juice of half a lemon
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Spread pita and/or taro chips in a dish.
  2. In a separate bowl, combine chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, vinegar, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon. Toss and set aside.
  3. Combine olives, more lemon, dill, and salt. Toss until evenly coated and then slice the olives.
  4. In a food processor, process pine nuts until you have a fine meal. Add tahini and blend until homogenous.
  5. To assemble, layer chickpea mixture over chips, top with olives, and pour dressing over top.
  6. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

 

 

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  1. Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg says

    Medha – You are a genius! I have a super-duper olive addiction. Olive bars in grocery stores are such a dangerous thing for me. I’m not a huge pignoli nut fan, but maybe I’d like them if they were ground. I’ll have to try this. 😀 My sister and I have a deep rooted obsession with greek food. She’s coming home in a few weeks and I’ll have to surprise her with this dish. 🙂

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  3. David @ Spiced says

    Oh man, these nachos look incredible, Medha! What a creative idea. But we need to talk about this no feta thing. You can just pass over all that unwanted feta. I think I can find a place for it. (Hey feta, get in my belly!!) 😉

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  4. Trisha says

    Girl–these are gorgeous! I LOVE Mediterranean flavors, and the combination of all those flavors into nachos is just genius! I know this is not vegan, but I’d have to add a little feta cheese to mine too! 🙂 Lovely photos!

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  29. Keri @ Fashionable Foods says

    What a creative and delicious looking recipe! I’m obsessed with olives – whenever I buy them I always buy double of what I need because I generally eat half of the jar/container. Can’t wait to try these!

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