Turkish Chickpea Salad (nohut Salatasi)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 15 grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup red onion (about 1/4 of an onion, can use any sweet variety)
• 2 ounces feta cheese, cut in cubes
• 10 kalamata olives, cut in half if pitted
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine salad ingredients (don't even stir them up yet if you don't want to).
• 2 use a small glass jar with a tight fitting lid, and combine all the dressing ingredients: shake and pour over salad in bowl.
• 3 toss to combine.