Chickpea and Spinach Salad with Cumin

What a delightful and filling salad. The technique of dressing first the beans and then the entire salad with a second dressing is just brilliant. This makes for a much more complex mixture of tastes than one dressing would, and it doesn’t really require any more effort. The fresh, bright flavors of the herbs and citrus balance the earthy spinach, garbanzo beans, and cumin very nicely. It all comes together in just a few minutes with very little effort.

If the portion size is increased and a chopped vegetable or two like cucumber, radish, or tomato is added, this would make an excellent vegetarian main dish salad.