Somali Fava Bean Salad

fava beans

🥗Healthier: edamame

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Edamame offers similar protein content while being lower in calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats and can be more affordable.

Add 2 cans of cooked and drained fava beans into a bowl.

Add about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the beans.

Crush 1 clove of garlic into the beans and mix.

Chop 1 tomato and 1 cucumber, then add them to the bowl.

Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon into the mixture.

Add a pinch of dried parsley and a couple of pinches of chili flakes.

Sprinkle in some salt and mix everything together.

Taste to adjust flavors and leave in the fridge for about an hour before serving.

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