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Vegan Chickpea Salad Recipe

Contributors: Jodie Shield, MEd, RD, LDN and Mary Mullen, MS, RD

Reviewers: Academy Staff RDNs

Published: January 24, 2018

Reviewed: April 23, 2025

Vegan Chickpea Salad Recipe
Rebecca Clyde, MS, RDN, CD

This salad is simple to make and versatile — eat it alone, in a wrap or pureed into a tasty chickpea spread!

Ingredients

1 cup cooked or canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons diced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons peeled, seeded and diced cucumber
½ tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
½ cup diced tomato
3 tablespoons snipped fresh dill or ¼ teaspoon dried dill
½ tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Before you begin: Wash your hands.

  1. In a medium-size bowl, combine all ingredients.
  2. Refrigerate for several hours to allow flavors to blend.
  3. Serve the salad on romaine lettuce leaves or in whole-wheat pita bread pockets.

You also can puree the salad in a food processor to make a chickpea spread.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: ⅙ of recipe
Serves 6

Calories: 76; Total Fat: 3g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 122mg; Total Carbohydrate: 11g; Dietary Fiber: 2g; Protein 2.5g.

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