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Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

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This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

This is a convenient make-ahead salad. Great for summer gatherings, meal prep, or work lunches. Nothing in here will wilt, and the flavors will meld together even more. Everyone will love the vibrant colors and fresh taste!

Usually I’m pretty good at spelling, but geez, the word “Mediterranean” had me so stumped that I not only had to look it up like 5x, I ended up copying it straight from Google into this post so I didn’t have to type it out the first couple times. Yikes. Some words do that to me… what can I say?

This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

So. This salad.

We have a schwack of healthy, yummy ingredients here:

  • Red peppers
  • Little tomatoes
  • Red onion
  • Kalamata olives
  • Chickpeas
  • Persian cucumbers
  • Garlic
  • Fresh parsley
  • Fresh oregano
  • Lemon Juice
  • Olive oil
  • Feta (that came marinated in herbs and oil)

Oh yeah!

This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

This salad comes together in about 15-20 minutes, and you don’t need to cook anything. A little chopping is all that’s needed. Easy peasy.

The feta and chickpeas make this salad fairly filling, so it feeds 2 as a light meal or 4+ as a side.

This Mediterranean chickpea salad has all the flavors of a classic Greek salad plus hearty chickpeas and fresh oregano and parsley for an extra pop of flavor. A wonderful light meal or side dish!

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Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

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Yield 2-4

An easy chickpea salad with Greek flavors.

Ingredients

  • 1 (19 fluid ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 2 Persian cucumbers, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
  • Handful assorted little tomatoes, cut into halves
  • Handful Kalamata olives
  • 3.5 ounces cubed feta (packed in oil & herbs if possible)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • Salt & pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Drain & rinse Β your chickpeas and add them to a salad bowl.
  2. Prep your veggies and herbs, and add them to the salad bowl as you go along.
  3. Add the dressing ingredients (olive oil, lemon juice, garlic) right into the salad bowl and toss gently.Β 

Notes

If you can't find feta that's packed in oil and herbs, any feta will work fine. Also, don't worry about it being exactly 3.5 ounces... that was the size package mine happened to come in.

Courses Salad

Cuisine Mediterranean

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  7. Lol! I swear we are sisters from another mister, because OMG, I can totally relate to some words just stumping me. It’s like, I know how to spell them, but sometimes my brain just doesn’t want to work. πŸ˜‰ OR, have you ever written a word so many times that it just starts to look wrong? Anyways, I am LOOOOVING this salad! Chickpeas are LIFE and I’m all for Greek (or Mediterranean) anything, so this salad is screaming my name! I could definitely eat this on repeat! Cheers, dear!

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    • YES… I totally do that… then you’re like is this even a word?? Hahaha thanks… yes I’m all for Greek/Med. as well.

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  8. Mediterranean always stumps me too. For some reason I always want to add two ds, then I can’t figure out why there’s a squiggly red line under it. It looks right to me, spell check! But oh, this salad! Chickpeas are one of my staples and I loooove the whole Greek flavor profile. I’m sooo making this soon! Happy Friday-eve, Natasha!

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    • Haha I’m glad that I’m not the only one. Thank you, and I hope you have a great weekend! 😘

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  9. Hahaha! I’ve finally found someone else who struggles with the word Mediterranean (←←thanks autocorrect), I’ve usually got it copied so I can paste it into my post whenever I need it. The same goes for Moroccan (is it one R and two C’s , or vice versa?). Gorgeous looking salad!

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