Colorful Garbanzo Bean Salad Recipe

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Because this salad is most flavorful when it refrigerates for a few hours, it's a nice make-ahead option for lunch. —Diana Tseperkas, North Haven, Connecticut

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Colorful Garbanzo Bean Salad Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + standing

Yield: 4 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1 medium sweet red pepper
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Broil pepper 4 in. from the heat until skin blisters, about 5 minutes. With tongs, rotate pepper a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place pepper in a small bowl; cover and let stand for 20 minutes.
Peel off and discard charred skin. Remove stem and seeds; chop pepper. In a large bowl, combine the pepper, garbanzo beans, tomatoes and basil. In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, lemon peel and pepper. Pour over bean mixture; toss to coat. Chill until serving. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 2/3 cup equals 174 calories, 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 436 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 5 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Colorful Garbanzo Bean Salad in Healthy Cooking August/September 2012, p60