Carrot Chickpea Celery And Cilantro Salad Food

CARROT, CHICKPEA, CELERY, AND CILANTRO SALAD

Steps:

• Steam carrots for 5-6 minutes or until crisp-tender; immediately place in bowl of ice water.
• Combine chickpeas and celery in separate bowl, then drain carrots and add to chickpea mixture.
• Whisk lemon juice, oil, lemon-pepper, and salt together in small bowl.
• Pour over carrot mixture, tossing to coat; cover and chill at least 4 hours, and stir in cilantro just before serving.

CHICKPEA SALAD SANDWICH WITH CREAMY CARROT-RADISH SLAW

Steps:

• Make the Creamy Carrot-Radish Slaw:
• Whisk mayonnaise, oil, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a medium bowl until smooth. Add carrots, radishes, cilantro, parsley, almonds, salt, and pepper and stir to combine.
• Make the Chickpea Salad:
• Whisk mayonnaise, oil, salsa verde, lemon zest, and lemon juice in another medium bowl until smooth. Pulse shallot and garlic in a food processor until very finely chopped. Add chickpeas and pulse just until coarsely chopped, about 20 seconds. Transfer to bowl with salsa verde mixture. Fold in cucumber, feta, cilantro, and parsley; season with salt and pepper.
• Assemble the sandwiches:
• Layer 4 slices of avocado on each bottom bun. Top with a heaping 3/4 cup chickpea mixture and 2 Tbsp. spinach. Top with top bun and serve with carrot-radish slaw alongside.
• Do Ahead
• Chickpea salad can be made 2 days ahead. Chill in a resealable container.

MARINATED CELERY SALAD WITH CHICKPEAS AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, maple syrup and a large pinch each of salt and pepper. Drop in garlic cloves, stir, and set aside 15 to 30 minutes to let the flavor infuse.
• Gradually whisk in oil; dressing will emulsify. Mix in chickpeas, celery and scallions. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Remove garlic cloves from dressing. Taste and adjust the seasonings with salt, pepper, vinegar and olive oil. Set aside to come to cool room temperature.
• If desired, make croutons, for serving: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Pull the soft bread out of the center of the loaf, leaving most of the crust behind, and tear bread into bite-size pieces. You should have about 3 cups. Spread pieces on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes, until golden and crisp; let cool.
• Just before serving, mix celery leaves, tomatoes, basil and croutons, if using, into the salad. In a serving bowl, place a layer of greens, if using, in the bottom. Add celery mixture, then top with cheese and more black pepper.