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Crispy Chickpea and Cucumber Salad

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Pink plate of cucumber chickpea salad on marble.
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Taneka Morris, Prop Styling by Dayna Seman

Let cold and bountiful summer cucumbers be the centerpiece of your next too-hot-to-cook meal. Thickly cut matchsticks get coated in a garlic cumin dressing before getting topped with crisped turmeric chickpeas. Slabs of salty feta (any other crumbly cheese like queso fresco or Cotija would also work) and crunchy seeded crackers bring heft to this personality-filled salad.

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