Chickpea and lentil salad

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Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes


DRESSING
50 ml olive oil
75 ml (5 T) white wine vinegar
25 ml (5 t) honey
15 ml (1 T) brown sugar
salt and pepper
juice and rind of ½ lemon

SALAD
1 can (400 g) chickpeas, drained
1 can (400 g) lentils, drained
½ cucumber, finely diced
2 tomatoes, finely diced
1 small onion, finely diced
4 gherkins, finely chopped
60 ml (¼ c) mixed fresh herbs, finely chopped

Mix all the ingredients for the salad dressing and pour into a small saucepan.

Bring to the boil, remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.

Mix the ingredients for the salad in a large bowl.

Stir the dressing into the salad.

Serve with bread.



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Comments (3)


  1. Meryl-Joy Schippers
    2010/09/03 03:49:18 PM
    delicious, quick and easy. I would add couscous/pasta (shells or spirals) /rice to this to make a complete meal- in- one.
  2. Lyn van Niekerk
    2010/09/02 04:18:38 PM
    Delicious!
  3. Thandeka setjeo
    2010/09/02 02:32:34 AM
    nw dats quick n eazy...lv it

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