Refreshing healthy chickpea salad with avocado, cucumber, feta cheese, and herby lemon dressing is a cooling, delicious side dish to any meal.
Prep Time: 10 minutesmins
Total Time: 10 minutesmins
Ingredients
Chickpea Salad:
115-oz can chickpeas, drained
2medium-sized ripe but firm avocadospeeled and diced
1medium-sized English cucumberpeeled, seeded and chopped
1 1/2cupscherry tomatoes
½small red onionthinly sliced
4green onionsthinly sliced
⅔cupfeta cheese
Dressing:
¼cupavocado oil*
2Tbsplemon juice
1Tbsprice vinegar**
2tsppure maple syrup
1small clove garlicchopped
1tspfresh oreganochopped (or ½ tsp dried)
2tspfresh dillchopped (or 1 tsp dried)
¼tspsea saltto taste
⅛tspblack pepperto taste
Instructions
Mix all of the ingredients for the chickpea avocado salad dressing in a small bowl or measuring cup and set aside until ready to use.
Transfer all of the ingredients for the salad to a large bowl. Pour all of the dressing into the mixing bowl and gently toss everything together until the ingredients are coated in vinaigrette.
Taste the salad for flavor and add more salt or lemon juice to taste.
Serve immediately or store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days (or 4 days if you are waiting until serving to add the avocado).
Notes
The salad tastes freshest when consumed within 24 hours but will still save for a few days before the avocado gets funky.