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Chickpea salad with avocado
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

This Chickpea salad with avocado is loaded with healthy ingredients, crunchy veggies and topped with the most amazing, creamy avocado dressing. A great, vegetarian side salad.

Servings: 6 servings
Author: Helena
Ingredients
  • 2 (400g/14 oz) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 2 cups (300g) cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ cup pickled red onion, or ½ red onion thinly sliced
  • 1 red or yellow bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 avocados, chopped in big chunks
  • ½ cup feta cheese, crumbled
  • ½ cup mixed herbs like parsley, dill and basil, chopped
Avocado dressing
  • 1 avocado
  • ¼ cups greek yoghurt
  • ¼ cup water, or more for thinner consistency
  • ¼ cup fresh herbs, like basil, cilantro, dill or parsley, chopped
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Avocado dressing

  1. Place all the ingredients in a high speed food processor or mixer. Blend until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as needed. Thin out with more water for a thinner consistency. Add more salt and pepper to taste.

Salad

  1. To a large salad bowl, add the drained and rinsed chickpeas, tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion and half the feta cheese, avocado and chopped herbs.

  2. Drizzle over the dressing and lightly toss to combine. Top with the remaining feta cheese, avocado and herbs. serve with some crusty bread and enjoy!