I am not sure if anyone is like me, but a few times a year I go vegetarian for a few weeks to reboot my system. My digestive system is finicky and after winter especially it feels really blah...so I start fresh by eating nothing but veggies for a few weeks. No dairy, no meat, no eggs. I have my pitfalls, but I feel SO much better when I am done. So, I am on one of those kicks right now and I just developed the recipe below. Even if you are not into a total vegetarian dinner, this would be a great *spring* sidedish.
Garbanzo Bean Salad:
2 cans of Garbanzo Beans - drained and rinsed well
3 green onions chopped
2 medium tomatoes - squeeze the seeds out and chop
1.5 T about of fresh chopped parsley
grate one clove of garlic
grate 1/4" to 1/2" of ginger depending on how much you like the flavor
juice one lemon
1 T of olive oil
Salt and Pepper and Toss
I served over a bed of spinach, red leaf lettuce and radicchio. The colors were very pretty and the flavor was incredibly bright. It would be a great garnish/side dish for some grilled chicken or skewers I thought as well.
If you ate .75 C you would be getting close to 10 grams of protein, zero fat, and about 240 calories - the recipe would obviously be easy to cut in half, but I wanted some leftovers for the week.
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