Chickpea Quinoa Salad – Crunchy Creamy Candy

This Chickpea Quinoa Salad is full of recent veggies and tossed with easy citrus French dressing. That is a simple and wholesome lunch for busy days, particularly in case you meal prep!

Quinoa Salad with Chickpeas

When you find yourself bored with lettuce-based salads and want one thing completely different, quinoa salad suits the invoice. It is simple to arrange and lasts longer within the fridge. Good for meal prep! I mixed cooked quinoa with chickpeas, cucumber, and purple onion for a tasty mixture of flavors. The easy honey lime dressing is all you want as a ultimate contact.

Be at liberty to make use of this as a base and play with elements. Add extra veggies or substitute with what you’ve gotten available. I’m sharing extra choices beneath.

Substances:

• quinoa: cooked and cooled; comply with my recipe for 1-Minute Prompt Pot Quinoa for completely fluffy outcomes!
• chickpeas: aka garbanzo beans, canned or cooked from dried beans
• cucumbers: any you want; I used seedless mini cucumbers
• onion: I desire purple onion in salads however use what you want
• parsley: will be substituted with cilantro
• lime juice: provides recent citrus taste to the dressing
• honey: simply the correct quantity of sweetness within the dressing
• olive oil: the additional virgin is prefered
• salt and pepper: to style

Learn how to make chickpea quinoa salad?

• Prepare dinner quinoa and funky utterly. Chop veggies. Drain and rinse chickpeas.

• Combine dressing elements in a small bowl.

• Mix all elements collectively.
• Serve instantly or chill within the fridge till able to serve.

Storing leftovers:

Any leftovers must be saved in a container with a lid, within the fridge, for as much as 4 days. You possibly can maintain the dressing individually and add it to the salad simply earlier than serving.

Can this salad be made forward of time?

Completely! This salad is ideal for meal prep. Toss it collectively and maintain it within the fridge for as much as 4 days.

Ingredient substitutions:

• Use cooked orzo, bulgur, or brown rice instead of quinoa.
• Use lemon French dressing or creamy Ranch dressing.
• Add avocado, pomegranate perils, cherry tomatoes, candy corn, peas, or different veggies to the combo.
• Add cooked and chopped hen breast or turkey breast.
• Add feta cheese lower into cubes or crumbled to the combo.

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Chickpea Quinoa Salad

This Chickpea Quinoa Salad is full of recent veggies and tossed with easy citrus French dressing. That is a simple and wholesome lunch for busy days, particularly in case you meal prep!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 1 min

Whole Time 16 minutes

Course Salad

Delicacies American

Servings 4 servings

Energy 516 kcal

Substances 

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for the salad:

• 1 cup raw quinoa
• 15 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
• 2 small seedless cucumbers chopped
• ½ small purple onion chopped
• ½ cup loosely packed chopped parsley

for the dressing:

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Directions 

• Prepare dinner quinoa in line with directions on the bag. I exploit my Prompt Pot to make it. As soon as executed, fluff it with fork and let it cool utterly.

• Drain and rinse chickpeas. Place in a big mixing bowl.

• Chop cucumbers and onion. Add to beans.

• Chop parsley and add to salad.

• In a small mixing bowl or a jar with lid, mix olive oil, lime juice, honey, salt and pepper. Whisk collectively or shake the jar to mix the elements.

• Add quinoa to veggies, then drizzle dressing over the whole lot. Toss to mix.

• Serve instantly or chill within the fridge.

Notes

• This salad is ideal for meal prep. Toss it collectively and maintain it within the fridge for as much as 4 days.
• You need to use orzo, bulgur or brown rice instead of quinoa.
• Please be aware, that the vitamin worth can differ relying on what product you utilize. The data beneath is an estimate. At all times use a calorie counter you’re conversant in.

Vitamin

Energy: 516kcal | Carbohydrates: 73g | Protein: 17g | Fats: 19g | Saturated Fats: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 4g | Monounsaturated Fats: 11g | Sodium: 309mg | Potassium: 851mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 831IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 6mg