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Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas (Vegan)

Melissa King 13 Comments

Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas.  Last week when I posted my Black Bean and Spinach Salad, I told you it was my new favorite.  Well, this one comes in at a very close second!

 

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This salad would be a great addition to any backyard party.  I am a huge fan of cucumber salad, but so many recipes add sugar to it.

My recipe contains no added sugar and it is still just as good.  The chickpeas and tomatoes are my twist on this popular salad.  I wish I had doubled the batch because it was gone in the same day!

 

Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas

Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas

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Prep Time 20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 large cucumber cut in half then sliced thin
  • 1/2 shallot sliced thin
  • 1 can or 2 cups chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
  • 2 tsp fresh dill
  • 2 T white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 T mirin

Instructions

  1. Throw everything in a bowl and mix. That is it.

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Recipe Notes

I think the longer it sits, the better the flavors get as it marinates in the fridge. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Marinated Vegetable Salad (Vegan & Gluten Free)

Melissa King 33 Comments

Marinated Vegetable Salad.  This is a dish we have been making for a long time.  We got the recipe from my mother-in-law.  I love cold salads.

I recently wrote 5 Quick and Easy Salad Ideas that included a lot of my other salad recipes.  They taste great and don’t take much effort at all.  My kind of recipe if you haven’t noticed by now!

 

Marinated Vegetable Salad

 

We used dried beans for the recipe and just soaked them all in one big jar overnight, and then boiled them in the morning for about 15-20 minutes until they became soft.

Then, we let them cool before putting this recipe together.  Dried beans are far cheaper and taste much cleaner too.  I never noticed that until I started eating them on a regular basis.

 

Marinated Vegetable Salad

 

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Marinated Vegetable Salad

Marinated Vegetable Salad

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Prep Time 10 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chickpeas
  • 2 cups kidney beans
  • 2 cups pinto beans
  • 2 cups corn (I used frozen)
  • 3 -4 T red wine vinegar
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 3 green onions chopped
  • 3 stalks celery
  • 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley chopped

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the vinegar, oil, garlic, oregano, cumin and salt in a bowl.
  2. Add the beans and corn.
  3. Then, add the onions,celery and parsley and toss to coat.

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Recipe Notes

You can eat this right away, but for the best flavor, please let sit in the fridge for at least 8 hours. That’s it. Easy! This makes about 6 good size servings servings. It should keep for at least a week in the fridge.

Marinated Vegetable Salad

Black Bean and Corn Salad (Vegan)

Melissa King 18 Comments

This black bean and corn salad is really easy and costs almost nothing to make.  At our house, we eat lots of cold salad and this is black bean and corn salad is one we have made on occasion.

Since the new year is approaching, I wanted to make sure to put more cold salads on the blog for those that are looking to lose some weight.

 

black bean and corn salad

 

This is really versatile.  We made ours vegan with no cheese or meat, but you can most certainly add them if you wish.  We have talked about adding wild rice or quinoa to ours to make it last longer.  You could also wrap it in a tortilla or lettuce wrap.  The possibilities are endless really!

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Super Simple Tabouleh Salad

Melissa King 11 Comments

Healthy, simple and quick to put together.  This is my kind of recipe!  I learned this recipe from my Turkish mother in law.   There are a ton of tabouleh recipes out there.   The one ingredient that makes this recipe stand apart from others is the pomegranate molasses.  It adds such a nice tang.  This dish is so simple and delicate in taste, so please make sure to use only the freshest ingredients.

Super Simple Tabouleh Salad

Super Simple Tabouleh Salad

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 10 min

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup bulgur
  • 3 cups water
  • 4-5 green onion sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper diced
  • lg bunch of fresh flat leaf parsley chopped fine
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes)
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 2-3 T pomegranate molasses
  • salt to taste

Instructions

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