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Fava Bean Salad

Rated as 4.43 out of 5 Stars
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"You can prepare this flavorful fava bean salad made with tomatoes, onion, and cucumber tossed with fresh parsley, lemon juice and olive oil in minutes. Makes a great, simple, side dish for traditional Middle Eastern meals."
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Ingredients

20 m servings 239 cals
Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

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  1. Combine fava beans, tomatoes, onion, and cucumber in a salad bowl. Toss with garlic, parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil. Season with cumin, and salt and pepper to taste.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 239 calories; 11.1 g fat; 30.2 g carbohydrates; 7.8 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 555 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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This quick, easy and healthy salad is packed with fresh flavor. I highly recommend trying this great recipe. I made two minor changes. I reduced the amount of olive oil to one tablespoon and did...

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Sorry, maybe we're just not fans of fava beans. When I opened the can of favas, I saw that they had this thick goop all over them. I tried to wash it off but it wouldn't rinse away. So when ...

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This quick, easy and healthy salad is packed with fresh flavor. I highly recommend trying this great recipe. I made two minor changes. I reduced the amount of olive oil to one tablespoon and did...

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This salad was fantastic! Rinsing the beans in a strainer under running water prevents the "goopy" problem another reviewer had mentioned.

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This recipe is FABULOUS! I made it without the oil and used canned diced tomatoes (drained) instead of fresh tomatoes. Also used more parsley (about half of a full bunch - a cup or more).

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Do not reduce the olive oil or increase the lemon juice. Safad's vinaigrette is perfect. Just whisk the garlic, olive oil and lemon juice in a separate bowl and pour over the chopped ingredients...

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I found this to be good, although my husband didn't care too much for the dressing- too much lemon.

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This recipe is 5+. You should go to an egyptian/mediterrainian store to get the canned fava beans. Buy the small ones. Awesome!

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this is delicious.i will definatly make again

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Very good, especially with fresh fava beans from the farmers market.

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Great summer salad...I doubled it and added mushrooms....next time I may add some red bell pepper.

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