This salad comes together in just a few minutes and can be customized to make use of random vegetables and other ingredients you have in your fridge.

I have a love/hate relationship with summer. On one hand, I love the long days this time of the year in Minnesota. There’s something about being out until 10:00 and still seeing a sliver of light in the sky.

On the other hand, I hate having to slather my arms, legs, face, and other exposed skin with sunscreen anytime I go outside at midday – just to avoid getting sunburned. Tending to extreme paleness can be exhausting this time of the year.

When the weather is hot, I don’t feel like spending a lot of time cooking – and I certainly don’t want to turn on the stove. Which is why this salad is so great.

The Perfect Cheap Summer Salad

In an effort to clean out my fridge – and to make a tasty lunch – I came up with this mismatch of a salad.

The base is garbanzo beans. Different veggies are added plus Feta cheese – and everything is brought together with a creamy bbq sauce-based dressing.

It’s completely customizable, so feel free to add or substitute any fresh vegetables you have on hand. It’s also the perfect summer salad.

Simple, light, cheap, and healthy. A salad that you don’t need to plan for. It just kind of happens.

Love kitchen sink salads? Check out this fully loaded pea salad.

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Summery Kitchen Sink Salad With Creamy BBQ Dressing

Yield: 2 large or 4 small servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

As noted above, feel free to add whatever vegetables you have on hand. To make this more of a main-course salad, add some grilled chicken and serve with sliced baguette.

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Ingredients

For salad

• 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup fire-roasted sweet corn
• 1/2 cup shredded purple cabbage
• 10 grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup Feta cheese
• 3 green onions, chopped

For dressing

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup barbecue sauce
• 2 tablespoons sriracha sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions

1. Assemble salad ingredients in a serving bowl.
2. In a separate smaller bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Pour desired amount of dressing over salad. You may have extra. Serve chilled.

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