Recipe: Chickpea and Grape Tomato Salad ::.
With the days getting longer and warmer, I’m noticing more salad recipes cropping up. I don’t know about you, but I sure am craving more raw foods these days.
This simple salad is one that I’ve been making for years, I got the recipe from a Naturopathic Clinic.
Here are some of the things that I love about this salad…
- only five main ingredients
- the ingredients are naturally gluten free
- really quick and easy to put together
- a great combination of flavors and colors
- tastes even better after a bit of refrigeration
- the leftovers (if there are any) taste great a day or two later
- stable with the dressing on, making it a nice choice to pack up for a BBQ, picnic or potluck
Gluten Free | Grain Free | Egg Fee | Refined Sugar Free | Real Food | Vegetarian
- 2 Cups cooked chickpeas, or one 19 ounce can, drained and rinsed
- small container (about 1 pint) grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ Cup feta cheese, crumbled
- ½ Cup cucumber, chopped
- ¼ Cup red onions, chopped
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- In a large bowl, combine the chickpeas, grape tomatoes, feta, cucumber and onions.
- In a small bowl, whisk together all the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad.
- Best if allowed to refrigerate, for at least an hour before serving.
~ Although feta cheese tastes great in this salad, you could try it with different types of hard cheese.
Enjoy!
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I make this for my “lunch for the week” all the time! SO GOOD! saw your post on the hearth and soul blog hop!
Doesn’t that make a pretty salad? Makes you want to just dive in. Will have to try this one.
Hi Rogene, it was nice of you to stop in, I hope you enjoy the salad!
This looks fantastic, warming, and perfect for breastfeeding and pregnant women. Would you be willing to post this on my natural food blog, superfood sundays at ……
Thanks!!
Thanks so much for sharing this on Foodie Friday… it really represents Mediterranean food… It’s Med. Diet Month.. So light and healthy.
Love the recipe. I just made a large batch of chick peas. I host a blog hop on Tuesday and would love you to link up. Have a wonderful Monday. Diane @ MamalDiane.com
I wish I had checked this recipe yesterday. We celebrated my daughters birthday and this would have been the perfect side dish! Oh well, I will save it and try it later this week. More for me. hehe
Thanks so much for sharing with Hearth and Soul!
Delicius salat!.
Good day
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Laureen, I heard somone sing “Easy like a Sunday morning” the other day, and you were the first thing that popped into my head!
Love your easy recipes and this one looks perfect for an easy lunch.
Awww thanks Alea, that is too cute
This sounds like such a delicious salad, and it is so lovely and colourful too. I like the dressing as well. It sounds like the sort of thing I’d want to make lots of so there would be leftovers!
April, this salad is one of our favourites. My daughter made one to bring over for our dinner this evening. It was lovely and I managed to forget to send her bowl home with her…so guess who gets to have the leftovers 😉
What a wonderful combination! I especially love chickpeas and feta
Thanks for sharing this with Summer Salad Sundays, look forward to seeing you again soon!
Thanks Debbie. I will see you Sunday!
Hi Laureen
I love your ingredient choice and “easy” is right up my street!
Vicky
Vicky, I hope you get to try the recipe. It’s one of our go to recipes here in the Fox Household. It holds up well enough to pack in a lunch or on a picnic.