My FAVORITE cucumber salad

mmmmm- love this stuff!

      It's spring time and quickly leaving are the days of soups and stew.  My favorite (and the kids all like and eat it too) is a super yummy cucumber salad!
     I make a vat of this a week (or so it seems) and we et it throughout the week.  I have even mix pasta with it (for the kids) to spread it out as a cold pasta salad.  You can add chicken too for extra protein!  You really can't go wrong- it's sooooo good!
     I will say though that the initial recipe makes A LOT!  Also, you really can do just about any amounts of any of this and/or not include some of these ingredients and it will still turn our awesome. Be as creative as you want!  I have added quinoa to it before also!
       I don' even bother with the recipe anymore, I just chop stuff, throw it in a bowl, and eat!
     Enjoy!





Spring Time Cucumber Salad

• 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas/garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 red onion, slivered
• 3 bell peppers of any color seeded and chopped
• 2 cups of grape tomatoes, sliced
• 1-3 cucumbers chopped
• 4 stalks of celery chopped
• a hand full of chopped Kale (I use prepped dino)
• 1/4-1/2 cup feta cheese- really it's as much as you want
• some shakes from the ole'salt and pepper shaker

DRESSING

• 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
• juice of 2 lemons
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• 2 tbs of fresh, chopped, parsley leaves

DIRECTIONS:

1. Chop it all up and throw it in a bowl
2. Prepare dressing by throwing it all in a bowl and mixing it.  (I use a stick mixer)
3. pour dressing over everything and mix in
4. EAT!