Warm celery potato peanut butter salad

Ingredients: 

• 1 large apple, chopped
• 1 small bunch celery, chopped
• 3 Tbsp peanut butter
• 4 boiled white potatoes
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp mustard
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1 can cooked chickpeas or black beans
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp  salt
• Optional: 1/4 cup raisins and peanuts
• Optional: serve over top warm rice

Instructions:

Boil potatoes until tender, drain, cut into big chunks and keep warm.

Whisk together the lemon juice, softened peanut butter, mustard, maple syrup, salt and pepper. In a large bowl, gently toss together the chopped celery, chopped apples, chopped bell pepper and chickpeas/beans.

Gently mix together to create a peanut butter coating on all the ingredients. Now add the potatoes (still warm!) and gently fold them in.

Sprinkle the optional dried fruit or nuts on top.

Serve right away! Optional on top of rice or other warm grain.

Yield: 4 servings