Chick Pea Salad

I make this constantly.  I mean if you look in my fridge, 9 out of 10 times, it's in there.  It's one of those simple dishes that are just so amazingly good that you're not quite sure why you haven't made it before.    That said, here's the recipe.

Chick Pea Salad

2 cans chick peas drained and rinsed of liquid (Trader Joe's sells organic ones!!! hint, hint)
Half onion, chopped finely (can be red or white or yellow)
1 palm full chopped parsley
1/3 cup chopped dried cranberries
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar (buy Bragg's, it's worth it)
1/3 cup olive oil, you can use extra virgin if you like the extra flavor
1 1/2 tablespoons cumin
2 tablespoons honey
Heavy pinch kosher salt
Pinch freshly ground black pepper

Throw together the vinegar, olive oil, cumin, honey, kosher salt and black pepper.  

Stir, or whisk if you feel like getting fancy. 

Throw on top of drained and rinsed chick peas and chopped dried cranberries and fold together. 

That's.  It. 

The longer this sits, the better it tastes. 

 If making for a get together a few hours in advance is just perfect. 

Don't forget this recipe is also extremely versatile and you can basically replace almost every ingredient and still have a great salad;  raisins for the cranberries, black beans for the chick peas, scallions for the onions, etc.  Don't be scared to experiment! 

Enjoy.