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lunchGreek Cucumber Chickpea Salad
This quick and easy lunch is so refreshing and great for the work day. It takes no time and is absolutely delicious!
Victoria ZmudaIngredients
- Half English cucumber
- 1 Tomato (heirloom or beefsteak)
- 3 oz Feta
- 1/3 cup Kalamata olives
- 6 oz Chickpeas
- 3 Green onions
- 1 tsp Dried parsley
- To taste Salt
- To taste Pepper
- 2 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
Instructions
- 1Chop cucumber and tomato into bite sized pieces and add to a bowl. Slice green onions and quarter olives, then add to bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- 2Drain and rinse chick peas, then add them to the bowl. Crumble feta and add in. Add olive oil, parsley, and garlic powder, then stir to combine.
- 3Enjoy as is, or serve as a dip with tortilla chips or pita. Option to add grilled chicken as well for added protein.
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A cucumber asks almost nothing of you. Slice it thin, salt it, splash it with vinegar or stir it into sour cream, and you have something cold and crunchy to set beside whatever came off the grill.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection in July and August, when the kitchen is too warm to turn on the oven and the garden is handing over more cucumbers than anybody planned for.
Every recipe here leans on that crunch: Greek cucumber chickpea salad with feta and tomato, creamy cucumber salad with red onion, a sharp vinegar cucumber salad, corn and cucumber salad with basil and lemon, cucumber sunomono, cucumber bites, cucumber sandwiches, and fresh cucumber lemonade.
Quick Tips
- 1
Salt the slices first
Toss sliced cucumbers with a teaspoon of salt and let them sit 20 to 30 minutes, then drain. It pulls out water so your dressing doesn't turn soupy.
- 2
Slice them paper thin
Use a mandoline or the slicing side of a box grater for 1/8-inch slices. Thin cucumbers soak up vinegar in about 15 minutes instead of an hour.
- 3
Chill before serving
Give any cucumber salad at least 1 hour in the refrigerator. Cold makes the crunch sharper and lets the onion mellow out.
- 4
Dry bread for sandwiches
Pat cucumber slices between paper towels before layering them on cream cheese. Two minutes of blotting keeps the bread from going soggy by lunch.
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