Helen's Recipes 01: No Recipe Salad

Greetings! I'm calling this a No Recipe Salad because there are literally three steps: rinse, chop, toss. Super forgiving if you don't have a particular ingredient. This salad is a fridge staple that I keep at all times especially during the hot summer months. I eat this in one of three ways:

1. As a side salad. If I already have a main course and I'm needing to add in some extra veggies, I will help myself to a few scoops!
2. Toss in some grains. If needing something heartier, I love mixing in some quinoa, brown rice, bulgur, or some other whole grain.
3. Toss in some chickpeas. If needing some extra protein, adding in chickpeas would be great! Sometimes I do straight out of the can (rinsed!!!) and sometimes I take the extra step of roasting my chickpeaks.

Ingredients

Roughly 4 servings, but eat however much you feel is right :)

• 1/4 red onion, finely diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 2 mini cucumbers (or 1 regular cucumber), diced
• 2 tomatoes (or 2 handfuls of grape tomatoes), diced
• 1/3 cup parsley, finely chopped
• 4-5 mint leaves, finely chopped (optional)
• 1 tsp capers, finely chopped (optional)
• Lemon juice (like... 2-3 good squeezes?)
• 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
• Salt & pepper

Directions

1. Wash your veggies!!!
2. Chop.
3. Toss in container with the lemon juice, olive oil, and salt & pepper to taste.

That's it! Nothing revolutionary, but still special. Take care and thank you for reading!