Low-Calorie Vegetable & Chickpea Salad
• found at shrinkviolet.com
Chickpeas and crunchy vegetables with the perfect dressing.
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 1 15.5 ounce can chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
- 1 yellow bell pepper (diced)
- 1 small red onion (diced)
- 1 cucumber (diced)
- 10 cherry tomatoes (halved)
DRESSING
- 2 TB olive oil
- 2 TB white vinegar
- 1 TB balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried mustard
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 10 grinds black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk dressing ingredients until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir well to combine.
- Serve immediately, or store in five 8 ounce containers in the refrigerator. It only gets better as it sits!
Notes
Try to use a high quality, good tasting olive oil in this recipe as the flavor is prominent.
I eat every couple of hours, so I portion this recipe as 5 small servings, but if you eat less frequently, you might want to do it as 3 larger servings at 333 calories each.
Estimated Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 200Carbohydrates: 28.7gProtein: 6gFat: 6.9gSaturated Fat: 0.9gSodium: 291.7mgFiber: 5.3gSugar: 2.3g
