Chickpea Salad Recipe
This Chickpea Salad With Veggies is so healthy and delicious! Loaded with cucumbers, peppers, carrots, and greens, and topped with a delicious light dill dressing, it's a rainbow salad at it's finest!
Servings: 4
Calories: 368kcal
Ingredients
For The Dressing
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (juice from about 1 small lemon)
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon fresh dill chopped
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
For The Salad
- 1 cup couscous
- 3 cups spinach
- 1 large red bell pepper chopped
- 1 large yellow or orange bell pepper chopped
- ¼ red onion chopped
- 3 large tomatoes chopped
- 4 large carrots chopped
- 1 cucumber skin on, chopped
- ½ cup radish sprouts
- 1 15 oz chickpeas drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Cook the couscous according to packaging directions and set aside to cool.
- Chop all veggies and fill a bowl with the chopped spinach, peppers, onions, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, and radish sprouts
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas and add to the salad mix
- Add the cooled couscous to the salad.
- Mix all ingredients for the dressing well.
- Pour dressing atop salad and mix well.
- Top with walnuts or pine nuts if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 483mg | Potassium: 865mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 15020IU | Vitamin C: 104mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 2mg
