It is HOT outside! Try this light and refreshing salad for lunch or dinner! I had never had roasted garbanzo beans before…….but after making this delicious salad, they are my new obsession!
Ingredients
- 1 English cucumber
- 1-15 oz. can garbanzo beans
- 2 tbsps. mint – diced
- 1 lemon
- 1 ½ tbsp. olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- Salt + pepper to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Rinse and drain garbanzo beans well. Place in a single layer on a shallow pan. Drizzle with ½ tbsp. olive oil
- Peal garlic cloves and place on pan with garbanzo beans
- Roast garbanzo beans + garlic for 30 minutes
- Cut cucumber into ½ inch slices and then cut those slices into half
- Combine juice of 1 lemon + 1 tbsp. olive oil to make dressing. Mince the roasted garlic and whisk into the dressing
- Combine cucumber slices, roasted garbanzo beans, dressing + mint and toss well
- Divide into 4 servings
Nutrition Information (per serving)
Calories 160, Fat 6 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium varies, Carbohydrates 20 g, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 1 g, Protein 5 g
July 12, 2013
Sounds yummy, I will try that!
Makes me think of my favourite garbanzo-bean-salad-recipe. 🙂 Just combine dried tomatoes (or/and fresh tomatoes), feta cheese, parsley, red onions, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, a little bit of chili and garbanzo beans, of course.
July 12, 2013
That sounds so delicious, thank you for sharing!!! Hope all is well!!!!