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This is the basic equation for a healthy and delicious chickpea salad. You can use a nice quality olive oil and a variety of vinegars to dress it. It looks lovely when served on individual pieces of Romaine or in Butter Lettuce cups.

Ingredients:
1 can chickpeas, rinsed
1 medium tomato, medium dice
1/4 cup red onion, medium dice
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice
Freshly chopped parsley
Salt and Pepper

Mix together the chickpeas, tomatoes, red onion, parsley, olive oil, and vinegar or lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.

And possible variations . . .
Mexican: diced avocado and chopped cilantro, minced jalapeno pepper, chopped peach or mango
Moroccan: freshly chopped mint, ground cumin, ground coriander, smoked paprika, minced preserved lemon.
Italian: Capers, anchovies, basil, sage.

Serves 2 as a main dish, or 4 as an appetizer.