Recipe: ~*Late Summer Chickpea Salad*~

I found myself in the grocery store this week leaning towards the prepared foods section, you know those alluring marinated olives and cheese combos, those bean salads that look SO good when you don't feel like cooking but when you check the receipt and taste it, you realize you couldve made three times the amount that would last twice as long and satisfy you better for the same price. So encouragingly, my brain somehow convinced me to go back down the produce and canned food aisles to obtain the necessary ingredients for the above desired result, and voila! It did not disappoint.

This is an easy recipe for late summer. You can substitute the veggies in this salad for pretty much any variety of raw veggies that you have available. It's the end of summer, we've eaten salad after salad, and you know what? Lettuce just isn't cutting it anymore. It's getting slightly colder out, and we need some warmth, some heartiness, we need some beans! But we don't want to work too hard for them... and we don't want them to feel quite like fall just yet... so try out this chickpea salad!

Can you hear the crunch?

Ingredients:

• 2 Cans chickpeas (or 2 cups cooked chickpeas which you can make from dried on stove or pressure cooker)

• 3 Stalks celery

• 1 Orange bell pepper (yellow and red will do nicely too)

• 3 Small cucumbers or 1 large cucumber

• 1/2 Bunch curly parsley

• 2 Tbsp Red wine vinegar

• 1/4 C Extra virgin olive oil

• 1/2 tsp Salt

• 1/4 tsp Black pepper

• 1/4 tsp Italian herb blend

Instructions:

1. Rinse chickpeas in collander, remove from their water.

2. Finely chop celery, bell pepper, cucumbers, and parsley

3. Combine all in large metal or glass bowl

4. Add Red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper, and italian herbs. Mix with a spoon.

5. Serve cold or over lettuce, for extra flavor and nutrients, consider adding feta or goat cheese!

Pup approved for deck tastes

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