Souper Freak

Yesterday I brought you my first Souper Freak Lunch Lesson with an idea for a healthy, inexpensive and simple-to-prepare lunch. It’s time for lesson number two — but I can’t take credit for today’s easy and fresh recipe! This inspiration comes from the Honestly Good Food blog, which I was so excited to find over the weekend. You can’t argue with the blog’s main philosophy: “Living a good life and eating good foods.” Hear, hear!

You’ll have to check it the blog yourself, and take a look at her Fava Beans with Tuna recipe. I gave it a couple of basic tweaks based on what I had on hand: I used chickpeas instead of canned fava beans (the recipe author herself suggest chickpeas as a bean alternative — I searched but couldn’t find any canned fava beans in three different stores). I added some chopped, mildly-flavored green olives, since I needed to use them up. And I topped it off with feta cheese instead of blue. One recipe is enough for two lunches. Next time, I think I’ll take it even farther by adding some fresh squeezed lemon juice and avocado slices.

I ate this alongside a toasted piece of rustic bread from La Boulange Bakery while sitting outside watching the world go by. A lunch success! Thank you, Honestly Good Food blog, for the cheap, simple lunch recipe!