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Greek Bean Salad

This Mediterranean bean salad is made with garbanzo beans, cucumber, tomato, kalamata olives, green onion, bell peppers and feta cheese with a creamy garlic lemon dressing.
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: make ahead meal, salad
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 137kcal

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

  • 2 15 oz. cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • 3/4 cup cucumber, diced
  • 3/4 cup orange bell pepper, diced
  • 3/4 cup grape tomatoes, diced
  • 15 kalamata olives, sliced
  • 4 green onions, sliced
  • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
  • 1/3 cup feta cheese

Dressing Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  • Place the rinsed and drained garbanzo beans in a large bowl.
  • Dice the cucumbers, bell peppers, kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, green onions and parsley. Add diced vegetables to the garbanzo beans.
  • To make the dressing, mince garlic and add it to a small container. Add Greek yogurt, olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, cumin and pepper and whisk together.
  • Add the dressing and feta cheese to the salad and toss to combine.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 137kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 353mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 906IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg