Salad for a hot summer day

Salad is a good option on hot summer days. This chickpea and nopales salad is a great option, since it's fresh and makes you feel full. Also it is very easy to make, since it has very few ingredients but a lot of flavor. Always is good to try to play around with different ingredients.

Chickpea and nopales salad

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups chickpeas

2 cups vegetable stock

3 sweet bell peppers (any color you prefer), chopped

1 cup of nopales, chopped

1 lemon, juice

1 tsp garlic salt

1 tsp salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS:

The chickpeas should be put in water overnight if they are from a bag, drain and rinse them. If they are from a can, drain and rinse them.

Add the chickpeas and vegetable stock to a pot. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and let it simmer for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let if cool down.

In a salad bowl place the chickpeas, nopales and bell peppers.

Add the lemon juice, garlic salt, salt and pepper.

Mix the ingredients, and enjoy with tortilla chips.

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Ensalada de garbanzos y nopales

INGREDIENTES:

2 garbanzos

2 tazas de caldo de verduras

3 pimientos dulces de colores (segun el color que guste), cortados

1 taza de nopales, cocidos y cortados

1 limon, jugo

1 cucharadita de sal de ajo

1 cucharadita de sal y pimienta

INSTRUCCIONES:

Los garbanzos deben dejarse una noche remojando si son de bolsa, si son de lata colar y lavar.

Agregar los garbanzos y el caldo de verduras en una olla. Sazonar con sal y pimienta. Llevar a hervor, bajar a fuego lento y cocinar por 15 minutos. Retirar del fuego y dejar enfriar.

En un tazon agregar los garbanzos, pimientos y nopales.

Sobre esto agregar el jugo de limon, sal de ajo, sal y pimienta.

Mezclar los ingredientes, y listo. Se puede disfrutar con unas tostadas.

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