Cooking Recipe Chickpea & Herb Salad
Recipe Ingredients
1 cn
Chickpeas (16 oz)
1 md
Cucumber, peeled
1 lg
Tomato
1
Red pepper, seeded & diced
2
Scallions, chopped
1
Avocado
1/3 c
Olive oil
1
Lemon
1/4 ts
Salt
1/8 ts
White pepper
8
Leaves fresh basil, chopped
1/3 c
Dill, fresh
Directions
Drain chickpeas and rinse well. Cut cucumber into thin slices, then
halve them. Cut tomato into wedges, then halve them. Put cucumbers
and tomato pieces, as well as red peppers and scallions, in a bowl.
Set aside. Dice avocado. Put in a large bowl, and add oil and juice
from half the lemon. Add the salt, pepper and basil. Stir with fork
(avocado will cream). Add the vegetables and dill to avocado mixture.
Toss gently. Add chickpeas, and combine. Taste and add more lemon,
salt and pepper as needed. Serve. Can be prepared ahead of time and
refrigerated.