Healthy Mexican Chickpea Salad Recipes

CHICKPEA SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl: 3 Tbsp olive oil, 3 Tbsp lemon juice, 1 pressed garlic clove, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper and whisk to combine (or shake them together in a small mason jar).
• Combine remaining chickpea salad ingredients in a salad bowl, add dressing to taste (we used all of it) and toss to coat.

CHICKPEA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients together and toss well.

ROASTED CHICKPEA AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Pat them dry with paper towels and remove any loose skins.
• Add them to a baking dish and drizzle with olive oil; Toss with the seasonings then bake for 30 minutes.
• Once the chickpeas are baked, let them cool at room temperature for 15 minutes to become crispy.
• For the dressing, add all the ingredients to a small jar and mix well to combine.
• In a large salad bowl, toss the veggies, cheese, roasted chickpeas together with the dressing.
• Garnish with freshly chopped parsley and enjoy!

MEXICAN-STYLE CHICK-PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse chipotles. Wearing rubber gloves, separately seed and mince chipotles and jalape‱os. Mince onion and garlic. Peel, seed, and chop tomatoes. Rinse and drain chick-peas and in a large bowl stir together all ingredients except additional lime juice. Chill salad, covered, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day. Season salad with salt and add additional lime juice. Serve salad at cool room temperature.