Chickpea and Vegetables Salad

Simple, healthy and even dietary foods are very welcome now (you know why!). This salad is like that - simple and quick to prepare, delicious, healthy and very balanced in terms of calories and nutritional values. It can be a salad and even a food, because the proteins in chickpeas will give it a pretty good satiety.

Ingredients
Cooked chickpeas
200 g
canned or boiled at home - if you don't have and can't find chickpeas use white beans
Red peppers
2 pieces
Tomatoes
3 pieces
Chopped olives
100 g
Fresh parsley
1 bunch
Olive oil
2 tbsp
Honey
1 tbsp
Lemon
1 piece
juice from it
Mustard
1 tsp
Garlic
2 pieces
Salt and pepper
0.5 tsp
add to taste
Red onion
1 piece
Step by step
Step 1

Cut the red onion into rounds and sprinkle with lemon juice or a little vinegar. Allow 10-15 minutes to soften and marinate.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 1
Step 2

The peppers can be baked or grilled, peeled and put in a salad.

Or ... I cut them into juliennes and hardened them with a little oil on the pan - it was just as delicious.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 2
Step 3

And we start gathering all the ingredients in a bowl - first go the water-drained chickpeas.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 3
Step 4

Add sliced tomatoes, hot peppers, pickled onions and finely chopped greens.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 4
Step 5

And the last ones are sliced olives - you can put simple olives or calamatas - they will give a more interesting taste.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 5
Step 6

Prepare the dressing for the salad - in a bowl mix: oil, honey, mustard, crushed garlic, juice of half a lemon and salt, pepper to taste.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 6
Step 7

Add the dressing to the salad, mix well and adjust if salt is needed.

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 7
Step 8

Serve it with any food you like or as such - it is tasty and filling.

Good appetite!

Chickpea and Vegetables Salad - Step 8
Quantity: 500 g (2-3 servings)
Prep time:
10 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 15 min