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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