How to make Chickpea Salad (Assyrian Food)

canned chickpeas

🥗Healthier: dried chickpeas

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Dried chickpeas are more nutritious; canned beans are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point; vegetable oil is usually less expensive.

Drain the can of chickpeas.

Chop the black calamata olives, Lebanese cucumbers, and tomatoes into small pieces.

In a large bowl, combine the drained chickpeas, chopped olives, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

Squeeze 1/2 lemon over the salad.

Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the mixture.

Serve the salad on a bed of lettuce.

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