Mediterranean Bean Salad

Description

This is an easy, healthy salad that is a great side dish to BBQ chicken, beef or fish! It can also be easily adapted to a Tex-Mex style by changing the lemon to lime, parsley to cilantro and adding ground cumin and/or chili powder! Be sure to add the lemon zest (or lime zest) as this really adds a ZING to the salad!

Ingredients

  • 1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
  • 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped red onion
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 teaspoon capers, rinsed and drained
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl
  2. stir together the garbanzo beans
  3. kidney beans
  4. lemon juice and zest
  5. tomato
  6. onion
  7. parsley
  8. capers
  9. olive oil and salt. Cover
  10. and refrigerate for about 2 hours
  11. stirring occasionally
  12. before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 4

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