Tangy Lime Chic Pea Salad

I was really pleasantly surprised with my experimentation in creating this recipe.  The Lime Juice is the key ingredient. It reminds me alil of Chimichurri but with protein from the Garbanzo beans so yummi and healthy cheap and low fat!

Tangy Lime Chic Pea Salad (4 side servings)

INGREDIENTS

1 Tomato

1 Small Cucumber 

1 Cup Garbanzo Beans aka Chic Peas 

1/4-1/2 Yellow Onion (to taste)

1/2 Lime Juice

1 TSP Olive Oil (optional)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Chop your Onion, Tomato, and Cucumber toss into main bowl.  If you using canned Garbanzo beans drain liquid first and then dump beans into main bowl.  
2. In small side bowl, squeeze your lime juice, add olive oil, and seasoning.  Then mix.
3. Toss dressing into main bowl and mix all.  Or better yet if you have a lid bowl just shake to mix.  Store in fridge for 1/2 hour so flavors can marinate and then serve when ready.

Note: Because of the Tomato's you don't want to use all of this up in 2 days, the tomato's will get soggy.

Because of the Tangy taste this will go great with bland Rice and Beans.

Note: I used my stash of cooked dried Chic Peas so 1 cup only cost me less than $.30 and the rest were ingredients that are frequently on sale in the summer all throughout the country.  But in NYC, tomato's, cucumbers, limes are regular Huge Dollar bag veggies in the Asian Supermarkets.