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Tangy Beans with Celery & Citrus by Daphne Oz

2
Points® value
Total Time
20 min
Prep
20 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Add some seedless orange segments or peeled orange rounds to this recipe for a delicious pop of flavour, colour, and juiciness.

Ingredients

Olive oil

2 tbsp(s)

Fresh lemon juice

2 tbsp(s)

Lemon zest

1 tsp(s), or to taste

Shallots

1 medium, minced

Sea salt

2 pinch(es), or to taste

Black pepper

2 pinch(es), or to taste

Canned white beans

15 oz, drained and rinsed

Canned drained chickpeas

15 oz, rinsed

Cucumber

1 large, seedless, thinly sliced into half-moons

Celery

6 stalk(s), medium, finely chopped, celery leaves removed and kept whole

Castelvetrano whole olives

12 olive(s), smashed and pitted

Pickled onions

¼ cup(s), optional

Instructions

  1. To make the vinaigrette, in a small bowl, whisk together the first six ingredients (oil through pepper); set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the white beans, chickpeas, cucumber, celery, celery leaves, olives, and optional pickled onions with the vinaigrette. Serve immediately or refrigerate a couple of hours to allow the flavours to marinate.
  3. Serving size: 1/6th of recipe