This Summer Chickpea Salad is full of fresh flavors and herbs. It is light, healthy, gluten free and travels well. Pack it in your lunch or your beach bag! {gluten-free, vegan}
Does anyone else eat waaaay too much when they are on vacation? Something about this beach air that makes me starving! I’m more likely to make poor food choices like chips on the beach and wine every night.
This salad makes it okay for me to pig out on ice cream every night at the Nantucket Juice Bar, right? Hang with me peeps!
Let’s just say I need a healthy salad at the ready. This Summer Chickpea Salad is great because it holds up in the fridge for several days and it packs well in a cooler or lunch bag. It has a super light dressing of olive oil and lemon so it doesn’t get soggy. Add leftover protein like chicken, steak or shrimp or add feta if you need more saltiness.
Chickpeas have 15 grams of protein per cup and 12.5 grams of fiber – which is half the daily requirement for a woman. Woo hoo! It’s all about balance right? Eat this Summer Chickpea Salad for lunch and it’s okay to have a small Five Ingredient Gluten Free Brownie later.
How cool is this photo? Hubby was able to capture this the other night on the beach. It almost doesn’t look real.
Long live summer and ice cream every night!
Summer Chickpea Salad
Ingredients
- 2 15 oz cans chickpeas garbanzo beans, rinsed
- 1/2 red pepper diced small
- 1/3 cup red onion diced small
- 1 cup of chopped herbs dill, parsley, and basil
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Toss all ingredients in a large bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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I’m a huge chickpea fan Karen, so I’m loving this recipe! Healthy and such pretty colors! Love the hubby’s shot too! Gorgeous! Don’t you wish summer could last forever?!
Yes, please! Summer forever!
This is the perfect guilt-free salad Karen. And you know I’m saving up for that s’mores brownie. We live down at the beach for the summer and can I just tell you everyday I seem to make more poor choices than good. But the process is so much fun!
Living at the beach for the summer sounds dreamy Cathy!
This salad looks so delicious and refreshing!!! xoxo
Thanks Rebecca!
Looks delicious! I love chickpeas.
Thanks Amy!
I love how easy this is! And simple to throw together when you just got back from vacation and don’t have too much in the house. Filling and healthy!
Thanks!
Haha vacation definitely “makes” me eat more 😉 I love it though. This salad looks like a perfect way to get back on track after over-indulging. Great idea!
I hope it helps me get back on track!
This looks like a perfect salad! I love making something once and then eating on it for several days. I could use an ultra healthy, low fat dish 🙂 I’ve been indulging way too much this summer! 🙂
Thanks Kathy. I hope you like it!
What a beautiful salad, and I love your idea of adding shrimp and feta, yum!!
Thanks, Sue!
I definitely eat too much on vacation – & regret it when I get home!! This salad looks like the perfect way to get back on track. It’s so colorful and I’m sure delicious too 🙂
Thanks Megan!
I must be weird because I tend to eat less on a beach vacation… I think it’s the whole bathing suit thing. But any other vacation? I stuff my face! 😉 I’m a chickpea addict so this salad is totally calling my name!!!! Looks amazing! Cheers, Karen!