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Easy chickpea salad

Chickpeas are also known as garbanzo beans. As with all beans and pulses, they are high in protein. These protein balance their carbohydrate content. This recipe can be used as a vegetarian main course.

Ingredients

1 cn chickpeas (drained)
1 bn scallion (sliced)
1 tomato (large, chopped)
1 spr parsley (chopped)
1⁄2 lemon (juice only)
  olive oil
  seasoning (salt and white pepper to taste)

Instructions

Drain a can of chick peas and pour into a small salad bowl.

Add chopped parsley, tomato, and green onions to chickpeas in the bowl.

Season with salt and pepper, if you must.

Squeeze lemon juice over everything and douse with oil.

Toss until well coated.

Total time
15 minutes
Cooking time
0
Preparation time
15
Yield
4 servings

Notes

For added flavor add some fresh herbs from your herb garden.

If you like cooking from scratch, Substitute 1 can chickpeas with 1 1/2 to 2 cups cooked chickpeas. Use leftovers from other dish or just boiled in salty water.

Source

North American cuisine

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