Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, refreshing chickpea salad full of color. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Refreshing chickpea salad full of color What's better than a tasty salad on either a day that it is hot or that you want a light meal or you plan to go out for dinner so you have a light lunch. Moreover if it is full of beautiful colors and is a full but light meal where its nutrients are concerned. Add chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion and parsley to a bowl. Measure out olive oil into a liquid measuring cup, pour in lemon juice, garlic, Italian seasoning and season with salt and pepper to taste.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have refreshing chickpea salad full of color using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Refreshing chickpea salad full of color:
- Take For the salad
- Prepare 1 cup dry chickpeas
- Take 1 iceburg lettuce or just a plain one
- Prepare 3-4 tomatoes
- Prepare 2 cucumbers, peeled or with their skin if they are organic
- Make ready 2 sweet peppers (green)
- Get juice of one lime or lemon
- Make ready salt
- Take pepper
- Take 1-2 tbsp olive oil (it is enough)
- Get For the sauce
- Make ready 1 cup low fat yogurt (200 g), best if it is 2% strained for a better texture
- Make ready 1 tbsp tabasco green sauce
- Get finely chopped parsley
Both the mint and orange zest definitely add a Mediterranean flavor that can be found in Northern Africa and Southern Spain. In the end, you have a healthy chickpea salad that's vegan. See more ideas about salad recipes, recipes, healthy recipes. This mediterranean chickpea salad is a light, refreshing, protein packed snack perfect for noshing!
Instructions to make Refreshing chickpea salad full of color:
- Soak the chickpeas overnight in hot water. Early in the morning, before you cook them change the water and set them aside to soak some more (for a few hours). You have to start the whole process about 12-14 hours before.
- Boil the chickpeas for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the pulses themselves as well as on how tender you want them to be. Don't let them get mushy.
- Prepare the sauce by mixing all the ingredients and place it in the fridge to cool well.
- When the chickpeas are almost ready, cut the tomato and cucumber into cubes and the lettuce and pepper into thin strips. Mix with the rest of the ingredients. Strain the chickpeas well when they are done and add them to the salad.
See more ideas about salad recipes, recipes, healthy recipes. This mediterranean chickpea salad is a light, refreshing, protein packed snack perfect for noshing! There isn't any boring lettuce in sight! Now, I grew up with chickpeas in a few dishes, and I will be honest, I hated them! They were always mushy and lifeless, and I did not get what purpose they served.
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