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Chickpea Feta Cucumber Salad

Bursting with delicious Mediterranean flavors, this chickpea feta cucumber salad is crisp, fresh, hearty and nourishing. Tossed in an easy lemon vinaigrette, this colorful salad is great for lunch, a potluck or a meatless dinner. So good!
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 231.5kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 15.5 oz can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
  • 4-6 Persian cucumbers or mini cucumbers, or 2 English cucumbers, about 2 ½ cups diced
  • ½ red onion about ½ cup diced
  • 10-15 cherry tomatoes about 1 cup quartered
  • 1 bell pepper red, orange or yellow, about ½ cup diced
  • 4-6 ounces crumbled feta
  • 1 ½-2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
  • 1 ½-2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

For the lemon vinaigrette

  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice about 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper more or less to taste

Instructions

  • Optional: scrape the seeds from the cucumbers. (depending on what kind of cucumber you use, this step can be skipped with persian or mini cucumbers).
    This is a picture of the cucumber seeds being scraped off.
  • Dice the cucumbers, tomatoes, onion and bell pepper. Chop the fresh herbs.
    This is a picture of the veggies chopped.
  • Whisk together the vinaigrette.
    This is a picture of the salad dressing.
  • Stir the veggies, chickpeas, fresh herbs and vinaigrette together Adjust salt and pepper. Optional: chill the salad in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
    This is a picture of s a bowl of chickpea feta cucumber salad.

Notes

*The nutritional values shown in this recipe are approximate for one suggested serving size using the ingredients listed but not including any optional items and may vary per actual preferred portion sizes.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 231.5kcal | Carbohydrates: 9.4g | Protein: 5.5g | Fat: 17.9g | Saturated Fat: 5.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11.2g | Cholesterol: 25.2mg | Sodium: 492.4mg | Potassium: 313.4mg | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 4.1g | Vitamin A: 1479.2IU | Vitamin C: 55.7mg | Calcium: 169.4mg | Iron: 1.1mg