Easy Chickpea Salad is healthy, satisfying, flavorful, and fresh. It is a great side dish or a wonderful main dish salad depending on how hungry you are. Easy Chickpea Salad is a great side dish for hamburgers or even hot dogs. Since Memorial Day is coming up, why not whip up a bowl of this wonderful salad? I like to make this salad for picnics and lunches throughout the summer.
What Ingredients Do I Need For Easy Chickpea Salad?
Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make this Salad (scroll down for the full recipe):
- Cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- Purple onion
- Fresh parsley
- Orange Bell pepper (or any color)
- Chick peas or garbanzo beans
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Fresh squeezed lemon juice
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic salt
Optional:
- Chopped Pecans
- Grated carrots
- Finely diced celery
- Avocado
- Any vegetable that you like
- Olives
- Cheese
- You can use Premade Italian Dressing instead of Oil, Lemon Juice, Salt, Pepper and Garlic Salt
How Do I Make Easy Chickpea Salad?
Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make this Salad (scroll down for the full recipe):
- Dice the cucumbers, and tomatoes, then place them in a larger bowl.
- Chop the onion, parsley and pepper; add to the cucumber and tomato.
- Next rinse and drain the chickpeas and add them to the bowl.
- Add the oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and the garlic salt.
- Combine the mixture and serve.
What Are Chickpeas?
- Chickpeas are also known as garbanzo beans, which can cause confusion about whether these pint-sized veggies are peas or beans.
- Chickpeas, like other peas and beans, are part of the plant family known as legumes.
- Technically, a chickpea is a pulse, the edible seed inside the pod of a legume plant.
- Chickpeas are packed with fiber and plant-based protein.
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Yield: 6
Easy Chickpea Salad
Easy Chickpea Salad is a wonderful side dish or main dish. Pack with flavor and fresh crisp vegetables and chickpeas.
Prep Time
15 minutes
Total Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups diced cucumbers
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 1/8 cup chopped purple onion
- 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped orange bell pepper (or any color)
- 1 (15 ounce) can chick peas or garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 - 3 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Dice the cucumbers, and tomatoes, then place them in a larger bowl.
- Chop the onion, parsley and pepper; add to the cucumber and tomato.
- Next rinse and drain the chickpeas and add them to the bowl.
- Add the oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and the garlic salt.
- Combine the mixture and serve as a side dish or as a main salad.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 117Total Fat 3gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 0mgSodium 259mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 5gSugar 5gProtein 6g