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Welcome to week 4 , we are making chickpea salad this type of salad is so yummy and tasty. Preparing it from what our teacher taught us I present my steps below. Before then here are some of the ingredients needed for this **Chickpea salad** * Cucumber. This ingredients add its natural flavor hence it contains water in it. * Tomatoes. This helps to balance the whole taste in the salad ,the color makes the salad so appetizing. * Onions . It adds it own taste to the salad. * Tuna. It give the salad a good look. >1 - Make a "Chickpea Salad": with the guide presented in this course, add the variation to your liking, (details utensils, ingredients and step by step). ![IMG_20250708_152529_781.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYqsqP35oKDNfmaouc6MUXxiLiJTkZVjD9LUEMPgASwpf/IMG_20250708_152529_781.jpg) _{**My ingredients**} Ingredients are: * 100grams of cooked chickpeas * 1 riped strong tomatoes * 1 onion * 1 cucumber * 1 red bell pepper * 1 green bell pepper * Parsley ## Ingredient for the vinaigrette were: * Grinded Pepper to taste(half tsp) * Salt to taste(half tsp) * 3 teaspoon of olive oil * 2 teaspoon of vinegar * 1 teaspoon of honey ![IMG_20250708_145925_976.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV7bjUCaihR2tTG6Q5YkrQ1czX7UwgRzo4P6AK8DQTgP3/IMG_20250708_145925_976.jpg) _{***cucumber, onion, red/green bell pepper , Tomatoes***}

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