For The Love Of Legumes Everything You Need To Know About The Plant Based Powerhouses

For the love of legumes: Everything you need to know about the plant-based powerhouses

For the love of legumes: Everything you need to know about the plant-based powerhouses

By: Lisa Holmen

Healthy, environmentally friendly, cheap and incredibly tasty. It’s time to add the underrated legume to your weekly meal plan.


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Ingredients

  • Dressing
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp honey
  • ½ tsp Dijon mustard
  • Pinch salt
  • 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 800g tin chickpeas, rinsed & drained
  • 400g tin sweet corn, rinsed & drained
  • 1 small punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled & diced
  • Small bunch fresh parsley, chopped
  • 4 tbsp roasted red capsicums
  • 4 tbsp sliced Kalamata olives
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp pepitas
  • Fresh mint, to garnish

Method


  • To make the lemon vinaigrette, place all dressing ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk until well combined. Set aside.
  • Place remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle with lemon vinaigrette and toss gently. Add fresh mint to garnish. Serve immediately.

  

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Lisa Holmen

Lisa Holmen

Lisa Holmen is a food and travel writer, recipe developer and photographer. Her blog, Lisa Eats World, is one of the leading food and travel blogs in Australia, featuring healthy recipes, restaurant reviews and food-inspired travel guides. Lisa divides her time between the bustle of Melbourne and her new home on the Mornington Peninsula where she loves meeting local producers, visiting wineries, soaking up the coastal lifestyle and adopting a “slower” approach to living.
An advocate of sustainable and ethical foods, Lisa is particularly passionate about healthy, organic and wholesome foods and cooking from scratch. She believes in simplicity in the kitchen and loves trying new recipes, drawing inspiration from her travel adventures and her heritage. Although she’s not a vegetarian, Lisa has an appreciation for plant-based cooking and wholefoods and tries to cook vegetarian at home wherever possible.

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