Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is a light and refreshing summer salad made with fresh garden veggies, chickpeas (or garbanzo beans), feta cheese, and a light lemon dressing. Make sure to try our Lemon Parmesan Kale Salad next!
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
If you are craving a summer salad, without all of the heavy ingredients, this is the one for you! We love anything with fresh garden veggies, and this salad has quite a few! Cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onion, round this recipe out and add a ton of amazing nutrients. As an added bonus, the chickpeas are loaded with protein so this salad will fill you right up!
Specialty Ingredients
Chickpeas {Garbanzo Beans}
This recipe uses canned chickpeas (Garbanzo beans), for convenience but you can absolutely use dried chickpeas. The process for softening chickpeas is relatively easy but does take some time. Check out our post on homemade chickpeas for additional details! If you are making them from scratch, make sure to check out our homemade hummus recipe too!
substitutions and variations
How to Modify This Salad
We love a good custom salad! You have free range to add or take away to this salad and make it your way! We like to add a protein source such as roasted chicken, cooked quinoa, or toasted almonds. Additionally, you can add more vegetables, such as peppers, Kalamata olives, or avocado.
Nutritional Information
per serving
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and can vary based on the products used as well as changes made to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
Mediterranean Salad
Ingredients
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced (about 1½ cups)
- 1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans, or fresh drained and rinsed
- 1 medium cucumber, diced (about ½ cup)
- ½ red onion, finely diced (about ½ cup)
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- ¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- To a large bowl add tomatoes, garbanzo beans, cucumber, onion, cilantro, and feta cheese.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Pour over the salad mixture.
- Mix together and transfer to the refrigerator to chill for 15 minutes before serving.
Storage
Storing Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
This salad will keep, chilled in the refrigerator, for up to four days.
