Green spring salad with chickpeas and green beans

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
20 mins
TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 150 g Baby leaf spinach
  • 100 g Pointed cabbage
  • 100 g Kenya beans
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 25 g Hazelnut kernels without skin
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 3 discs (10 g each) Bacon
  • 1 TEASPOON Maple syrup
  • 1/2 425 ml can of chick peas
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Sherry Vinegar
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean and wash the spinach. Clean, wash and cut the pointed cabbage into large pieces. Clean, wash and cook the beans in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes. Approximately 4 minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the spinach and pointed cabbage to the beans.

  2. 2

    Drain, rinse under cold running water and drain well.

  3. 3

    Roast the hazelnuts in a pan without fat. Remove from the pan and allow to cool. Cut bacon into small pieces. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan. Leave the bacon in it on both sides for 3-4 minutes.

  4. 4

    Remove the pan from the stove. Drizzle bacon with maple syrup. Put chickpeas in a sieve, rinse and drain.

  5. 5

    Season vinegar with sugar, salt and pepper. Stir in 2 tablespoons of oil drop by drop. Mix blanched vegetables, chickpeas, hazelnuts, bacon and vinaigrette and pour into a lunch box.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
170 kcal
CARBS
9 g
FATS
12 g
PROTEINS
6 g