Healthy Chickpea Salad Recipe with Cucumber, Tomato, and Avocado

This chickpea salad is perfect for a summertime lunch. A healthy variety of vegetables combined with garbanzo beans with a light lemon and olive oil dressing— easy as pie. My husband and I both didn’t think it would taste very good but it was delicious and this recipe is most definitely a keeper!

Ingredients (yields 6 servings):

• 4 Romaine lettuce leaves, torn
• 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled and chopped
• 1 avocado, chopped
• about 20 grape tomatoes, halved (or 1 Roma tomato, chopped)
• about 1/2 Tbsp. red onion, diced
• 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a medium salad bowl and toss together.

Goes great with a grilled cheese sandwich!