If you’re looking for an amazing fresh summer salad, try this Chickpea Salad recipe. It’s filled with incredible flavors that make this recipe a keeper!
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If you’re looking for a salad that screams summer, this one is it! It tastes amazing when summer produce is at its height – or serve it year-round for those times when you need a little reminder of the glorious days of summer.
Why You’ll Love This Chickpea Salad
- It’s fantastic as is or can be customized with a variety of mix-ins. You can make this salad exactly what you want it to be!
- It’s a vegan and vegetarian recipe. The base recipe is both vegan and vegetarian.
- The leftovers taste amazing. While the avocado may not be as bright in color after a day in the fridge, the salad flavors are most certainly bright!
Ingredients Needed to Make This Chickpea Salad Recipe
Ingredient quantities for this homemade healthy salad are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Chickpeas
- Cucumber
- Tomatoes
- Avocado
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- Optional mix-ins: diced red onion, feta cheese, pecans, raisins, dried cranberries, diced cooked chicken, crumbled cooked bacon
- Optional dressing: tahini
- Optional lettuce (to serve the salad on a bed of lettuce)
How to Make Chickpea Salad {Quick Overview}
This is just a quick overview of some of the steps involved in making the chickpea salad. For the recipe in detail, including exact measurements used at each step, scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
Gather your ingredients…
… and prep your vegetables.
⭐ TIP: Make sure you dice the veggies into small pieces. This gives you maximum taste variety in every delicious bite!
In a large bowl, mix all the veggies and add salt and pepper to taste. I love to drizzle a bit of tahini on top when I serve it!
You can stop right here and have an incredible dish (this recipe can be either a side dish or a main meal), or you can enhance your salad with these optional mix-ins:
- Diced red onion, feta cheese, pecans, raisins, dried cranberries, diced cooked chicken, crumbled cooked bacon (or really anything you think sounds good – you’re the artist of this salad! 🎨)
You can also choose to serve it on a bed of lettuce. One of my favorite variations is to add diced cubed chicken and serve it on a bed of Bibb lettuce.
✨ TO STORE: Store any leftover salad in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two days.
More Healthy Salad Recipes
- A delicious low carb chicken salad is fabulous for lunches and dinners.
- This chicken strawberry salad perfectly uses those summer strawberries 🍓, and the maple balsamic vinaigrette will have you making it again and again!
- This copycat of Chick-fil-A cobb salad for keto is delicious and easy to make.
- One of our popular healthy Italian recipes is this keto antipasto salad. It is ridiculously good and the compliments will follow.
- Low carb egg salad is easy to make, super creamy, and tastes great!
- Make this creamy keto cucumber salad when you need a side dish that’s light in flavor but won’t leave you hungry.
Nutrition Facts for This Easy Chick Peas Salad
Per serving (6 total servings) for the base recipe with no optional mix-ins:
- 196 calories
- 7g fat
- 9g protein
- 28g carbs
More Healthy Side Dishes
- Nothing beats keto mac and cheese that uses cauliflower instead of pasta. The entire family will love this creamy dish!
- The spectacular flavor of oven baked vegetables is hard to beat. Even kids will love this veggie side dish!
- Low carb Brussels sprouts are crispy and addictively good. You’ll make them again and again!
- And don’t forget about oven baked zucchini and squash, which will pair well with just about any healthy main course.
- Turn a rutabaga into keto French fries for a delicious and healthy treat!
- Roasted snap peas are so good they’ll be gone in a snap.
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Chickpea Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cans chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 1/2 cups diced cucumber
- 1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes
- 1 cup cubed avocado
- Chopped fresh basil to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional mix-ins: diced red onion, feta cheese, pecans, raisins, dried cranberries, diced cooked chicken, crumbled cooked bacon
- Optional dressing: tahini
- Optional lettuce (to serve salad on a bed of lettuce)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix. Feel free to add any optional mix-ins or omit them altogether.
- For added flavor, you can optionally drizzle with tahini. You can serve this recipe on its own, on a bed of lettuce, or with another main dish (like chicken). This recipe offers plenty of customization options!
Notes
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition facts are included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed. If applicable, sugar alcohols have already been removed from the total carb count.
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