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    Home » Recipes » Salad/Raita/Chutney

    Published: Feb 28, 2010 · Modified: Jan 3, 2021 by usha

    My new love affair! and a Salad

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    Chickpeas salad with lemon vinaigrette is a hearty, vegan salad. It is a quick one to fix serve it as a side or a main dish.

    Bowl of Chickpeas Salad.

    It all started nine months ago!  I met him last year, fell head over heals in love with him  and have been having an affair ever since.   This affair started late spring or early summer of last year. I met him before but on this encounter, I fell in love with him and could not stop thinking about him. Since then, I am dying to confess it here and I started writing about it many times but never got to finish it.  But this morning I sat down to let it out as I could not keep it to myself any longer. I have not mentioned it to  Mr.U yet!

    Update: First 5 pictures updated on Jan 24th, 2014. In these pictures I have lettuce on the bottom and can hardly see any greens. In my old pictures, I tossed the salad and then took the pictures and henceforth more greens are visible.

    Pouring vinaigrette over a bowl of Chickpeas Salad.

    Ever since this affair started, I met him for breakfast, for lunch, for tea and sometimes, even for dinner. Last year I was busy traveling and had visitors over my place. So it was an on and off affair! I obviously had to break it off when traveling or when I had company at home.  For the past 2 months I do not have any guests at home and resumed my affair!   I think it is about time I make this confession.  

    Pouring vinaigrette over a bowl of Chickpeas Salad.

    Lot of questions might be racing through your mind now and you all must be wondering what has gotten into me; why I am having this affair and who this person is?  Well, when I tell you about him, believe me, you too will fall in love with him!  I am not good at describing people and things and I will get straight to the point. I am talking about Mr. Chickpeas, my new legume love affair!

    Another angle of bowl. of Chickpeas Salad.

    Yes, I am talking about chickpeas!  I fell in love with this legume few month ago and whenever I am hungry, I go to my freezer to make something with it. When the affair first started, I use to make choley for breakfast, add some to my salad during lunch, and at tea time, make a chat with it. Nowadays, I have it only for lunch and as an evening snack. It is high in protein and very filling. Whenever I am hungry, I just add some chili powder, salt, lime juice and sometimes chat masala, and my chickpeas snack is ready in a jiffy.

    Bowl of Chickpeas Salad.

    I usually cook chickpeas in bulk and store it in small Ziploc freezer bags. This way, all I need to do is thaw a small amount in the microwave for 30 seconds and chickpeas is ready to use. Yesterday, I made chickpeas salad for lunch and served it with grilled salmon. Yes, it was grilled salmon again! I have been making grilled salmon a lot these days 🙂

    Chickpeas Salad.

    Chickpeas Salad Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe

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    Chickpeas Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

    Chickpeas salad with lemon vinaigrette is a hearty, vegan salad. It is a quick one to fix serve it as a side or a main dish.
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    Course: Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2
    Calories:

    Ingredients

    • 5 Leaves Lettuce sliced to desired size
    • ½ cup red onion sliced and diced
    • 6 baby carrots or ¼ cup sliced
    • 1 Kirby Cucumber diced
    • 1 cup cooked Chickpeas

    Vinaigrette

    • 1½ tablespoon Lemon Juice
    • 1½ tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    • ¼ Chili Powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
    • ½ teaspoon chopped or crushed Garlic
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Wash and cut the vegetable. I had 3 grape tomatoes in the fridge, so went ahead and added those 3 to the salad.
    • Mix all the ingredients listed under vinaigrette and whisk it.
    • Drizzle it over the salad just before serving.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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    Chickpeas Salad.

    I am sending this beautiful, colorful salad to Divya's Show me Your Salad.  I am also sending this chickpeas salad to Rachel's My Legume Love Affair: 20th Helping, started by Susan.  This salad also makes its entry to Healthy Inspirations Event: Salads.

    I am sending this salad to Only - Salads event started by Pari.

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    1. Usha says

      March 12, 2010 at 1:02 pm

      This is such an interesting and healthy salad, thanks for sharing it with the Healthy inspirations event 🙂

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    2. yasmeen says

      March 11, 2010 at 1:28 pm

      A very healthy affair I must say 😀

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    3. Champa says

      March 11, 2010 at 1:13 pm

      Thanks for adding the event to your blog. Nice salad.

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    4. Urmi says

      March 06, 2010 at 12:39 am

      Wonderful post. Salad looks refreshing, yummy and tempting.

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    5. saritha says

      March 05, 2010 at 3:47 am

      Thanx for the wishes.

      Have u ever tried tahina,it taste is wonderful,do try it

      btw nicely written.

      I never tried using it in my cooking... I should try it sometime...

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    6. Divya says

      March 04, 2010 at 3:54 am

      Phew..I was wondering what it was all about!!!Salad looks refreshing!!

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    7. Latha says

      March 01, 2010 at 10:54 am

      He is a very healthy lover too.

      Reply
    8. Sumi says

      March 01, 2010 at 10:23 am

      beautifula salad, love the addition of garlic to the dressing...yum

      Reply
    9. Rachel says

      March 01, 2010 at 6:46 am

      A spicy post! Thank you for sharing this with My Legume Love Affair 20. Look for the roundup later today.

      Reply
    10. sayantani says

      March 01, 2010 at 2:10 am

      ohh but I also have to confess that am also the same affair with your chickpea. hope you dont mind sharing him with me. LOL
      perfect salad recipe. bookmarked it to try for lunch tomorrow.

      br>
      hehehe.... I don't mind sharing him with you!...

      Reply

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