Chickpea Salad

This colorful Chickpea salad is combined with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bell pepper, cilantro and chickpeas all tossed in an easy homemade garlic lemon dressing.

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

For dressing:

• 3tbsp Olive Oil

• 3tbsp lemon juice

• 2 Garlic cloves, minced

• 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste

• 1/4 tsp Ground black pepper, or to taste

• 1/4 tsp Crushed red pepper, or to taste

For Salad

• 1 cup Chickpeas, cooked

• 1 Red bell pepper, chopped

• 1/2 Red onion, chopped

• 1 Cucumber, chopped

• 1 cup Cherry tomatoes, halved

• 1/4 cup Cilantro, chopped

Method:

• For the dressing, in a jar combine Olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, salt, ground black pepper and crushed red pepper. Whisk well to combine.

• In a large mixing bowl, toss together chickpeas, bell pepper, red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and cilantro.

• Pour dressing over the salad. Toss to combine.

• Add grilled chicken & it is completely optional.

• Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. Enjoy cold or at room temperature.

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