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If you’re a fan of traditional greek salads you will love this Mediterranean Chickpea Salad. It’s got all the traditional flavours you think of like feta cheese, and kalamata olives. The best thing about this salad is how quick and hearty it is. All of the ingredients are very stable and will last for multiple days in your fridge. This means you can prep this salad in advance and eat it with your lunch all week.

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is a great well balanced meal that is complete vegetarian protein, fibre and healthy fats. Chickpeas a great source of plant based protein, and the rest of this salad is made of nutritious and delicious veggies! You can have this salad ready in under 20 minutes!

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 2 (14 oz.) cans chickpeas, strained and rinsed
  • 1/2 english cucumber, diced
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 1/2 bell pepper, red, yellow or orange, diced (pick your favourite colour)
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and halved (optional thought this does add to the greek flavour)
  • 1/4 cup parsley, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced
  • 80 grams feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Ingredients before mixing
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad Mixed
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

Tips & Tricks:

  • Chopping Veggies: Try and chop all of your cucumbers, onions, and peppers into small pieces (similar in size to the chickpeas). This will help ensure you get a little bit of everything in each bite.
  • Veggie Swaps: You can easily swap out any veggies in this recipe for something thats more to your liking. Carrots, celery, and zucchini all would work great in this recipe.
  • Storage: Pack this salad in an airtight container and store in your fridge for up to a week.
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
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Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

5 from 1 vote
Course: Salads, SidesCuisine: MediterraneanDifficulty: Easy
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Servings

5

servings
Prep time

15

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Cooking time

0

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Calories

355

kcal
Total time

15

minutes

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is a great well balanced meal that is complete vegetarian protein, fibre and healthy fats. Not to mention it is delicious!

Ingredients

  • 2  (14 oz.) cans chickpeas, strained and rinsed

  • 1/2  english cucumber, diced

  • 1/2  red onion, diced

  • 1/2  bell pepper, red, yellow or orange, diced (pick your favourite colour)

  • 1 cup  cherry tomatoes, halved

  • 1/2 cup  kalamata olives, pitted and halved (optional thought this does add to the greek flavour)

  • 1/4 cup  parsley, finely chopped

  • 1/4 cup  olive oil

  • 1/2  lemon, juiced

  • 80 grams  feta cheese, crumbled

  • 1/4 teaspoon  salt

  • 1/8 teaspoon  black pepper

Directions

  • Chop up all of your cucumber, onion, and peppers. Halve your tomatoes and olives. Add them along with the strained and rinsed chickpeas to a large mixing bowl. Give Everything a quick toss.
  • In a separate dish mix together all of the ingredients for the dressing (salt, pepper, lemon juice, and olive oil). Pour the dressing over your ingredients and give another good mix till everything is evenly coated.
  • Add your chopped parsley and feta cheese to the bowl and fold delicately once or twice to incorporate the cheese evenly. (Feta is very easy to break apart so folding it in will help preserve the chunks). Enjoy!

Notes

  • Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 1, Calories 354, Total Fat 16.9g (22% Daily Value), Saturated Fat 4.3g (21% Daily Value), Cholesterol 14mg (5% Daily Value), Sodium 892mg (39% Daily Value), Carbohydrate 42.1g (15% Daily Value), Dietary Fiber 8.5g (30% Daily Value), Sugars 3.3g, Protein 11.1g

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