Day 5 of the blogging marathon and today is an easy salad which has interesting and healthy ingredients. Only recently I have started including avocado in the diet after reading its health benefits. Until now the only thing I made with it was chapati and when I came across this salad I had to make it. I love all the ingredients in the salad and the kids loved it too. I am a big fan of garbanzo and needless to say this salad is a winner.

Crumbled tortilla chips added crunchiness and it was a perfect evening snack after the fun filled pumpkin carving session. There is no cooking involved and we just mix together all the ingredients. Isn’t that pretty simple? Let’s start on the salad.

Ingredients
1 avocado pitted and diced
1 tomato diced
1/4 cup sliced olives
1/2 cup cooked chickpeas (garbanzo)
1 tbsp cilantro
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp chilly powder
Salt
Pepper
Tortilla chips crumbled

References
Recipe adapted from Food Network – Bobby Flay

Method
Take avocado in a bowl.

Add tomatoes.

Add olives.

Add garbanzo (chickpeas). Canned chickpeas can also be used.

Add cilantro.

Add lemon juice.

Add olive oil.

Add cumin powder.

Add chilly powder.

Add salt and pepper.

Toss it all together.

Was it simple or not? Crunchy salad ready and we loved it.

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