{"id":103,"date":"2025-09-27T20:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/green-food-expert\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:09:24","slug":"green-food-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/green-food-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Falafel Salad with Tahini-Lemon Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Serves:<\/strong> 2\u20133<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n
6 Thryve Frozen Falafel<\/strong> (heated in 36 seconds, halved) 
4 cups mixed salad greens (romaine, butter lettuce, or mesclun) 
<\/span>1 cup cherry tomatoes, 
<\/span>halved \u00bd cucumber, sliced into ribbons or half-moons 
<\/span>\u00bd cup <\/span>roasted red peppers, sliced 
<\/span>\u00bc cup kalamata olives, pitted and halved 
<\/span>\u00bc cup crumbled goat cheese or feta 
<\/span>2 tbsp toasted pine nuts or pistachios 
<\/span>Fresh herbs: mint & parsley for garnish
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Tahini-Lemon Dressing: 
<\/strong>3 tbsp tahini 
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice 
1 tbsp olive oil 
1 tsp maple syrup or honey 
1\u20132 tbsp warm water (to thin) 
Pinch of salt + black pepper<\/h5>\n

Directions<\/h3>\n

1. Heat the falafel<\/strong>: Warm Thryve Frozen Falafel<\/span> in the microwave for just 36 seconds, then cut in half. 
2. Prepare the dressing<\/strong>: Whisk together tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, and honey. Add water until pourable. Season. 
3. Build the salad<\/strong>: Layer greens, tomatoes, cucumber, roasted peppers, and olives. 
4. Top it off<\/strong>: Add falafel, drizzle with tahini dressing, sprinkle with cheese, nuts, and fresh herbs. 
5. Serve<\/strong>: Light, fresh, and ready in minutes.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Serves: 2\u20133 Ingredients 6 Thryve Frozen Falafel (heated in 36 seconds, halved) 4 cups mixed salad greens (romaine, butter lettuce, or mesclun) 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved \u00bd cucumber, sliced into ribbons or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-postcategory1"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mediterranean-falafel-bowl-vegan-plant-based-recipecard.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thryve.food\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}