Vitamin Garbanzo Beans Salad - Healthy Lunch

Healthy and luscious this salad is great for light lunch. Garbanzo Beans is paired with garlic and other ingredients to make this tasty dish. This is a healthful, easy salad uses few ingredients, and will complement any meat or poultry dish if you serve it for dinner.



Note: If you are using garbanzo beans from a can drain them in a colander first and then rinse them with room-temperature water (rinsing helps reduce the sodium).
Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2  cup cooked garbanzo beans 
• 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
• 1 green apple, peeled and shredded
• 1 Orange, peeled and diced
• 1 garlic clove, minsed
• 1/2 red onion, sliced
• 2 Tbsp. hemp seeds
• fresh dill or other herb like parsley/cilantro
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. sunflower seed oil
• 1/2 lettuce (I used Boston lettuce)

Directions:

To cook the garbanzo beans, soak the dried chickpeas overnight in cold water. Drain the garbanzo beans and put in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover generously. Bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 10-15 minutes. Drain.

In a large bowl mix together all the vegetables, fruits, grains and seeds.

In a small bowl whisk together the lemon juice, sunflower seed oil, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle over the salad, lightly toss the salad. Sprinkle fresh herbs on a top and serve.