===== Tuna Chickpea Salad =====
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[[Meal Salads]]\\ 
Prep Time: 40 minutes\\ 
Cook Time: 0 minutes\\ 
Serves: 4\\ 

Ingredients:
  * 4 tbsp capers
  * 2 sticks celery
  * 4 (170 g) cans tuna
  * 1 cucumber
  * 2 (398 ml) cans garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
  * 1 pkg grape tomatoes
  * 1 bunch parsley
  * 1/2 cup Kalamata olives, pitted
  * 1 lemon
  * 1/2 small red onion
  * 1/2 tsp black pepper
  * 2 tsp dijon mustard
  * 6 tbsp olive oil
  * 1 tsp salt

Steps:
  - Wash and dry fresh produce.
  - Empty cans of chickpeas into a strainer/colander and rinse, then leave to drain.
  - Halve the grape tomatoes and transfer to a large salad bowl.
  - Trim off and discard the ends of the cucumber. Quarter the cucumber lengthwise, then slice crosswise into 6mm thick pieces on an angle and add to the salad bowl.
  - Trim off and discard the ends of the celery. Halve the celery lengthwise, then slice crosswise at an angle into 6mm thick pieces and add to the salad bowl.
  - sing a knife, shave parsley leaves off the stems, then finely chop the leaves and add to the salad bowl.
  - Small dice the onion and add to the salad bowl.
  - Halve the olives and add to the salad bowl.
  - Add the capers to the salad bowl.
  - Open the cans of tuna and drain the liquid then add to the salad bowl.
  - If desired, dry the chickpeas with paper towel. Once dry add them to the salad bowl.
  - Juice the lemon into a small bowl.
  - Add olive oil, dijon salt, and pepper to the bowl with the lemon juice and whisk together, then pour over the salad and toss to coat.

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