Chickpea Salad with Cucumbers and Feta

This easy Chickpea Cucumber Salad with Feta is packed with fresh ingredients and delivers major nutrition! Serve with baked salmon or BBQ chicken and dinner is served💃

If you love gluten-free salad recipes, check these out too:

🔪How to make chickpea cucumber salad

• Drain the chickpeas and dice the cucumbers and cherry tomatoes
• Then get all the ingredients, except the lemon juice, into a large bowl
• Toss everything to combine and squeeze fresh lemon juice overtop
• Serve right away or keep in the fridge for up to 3 days

🥡Make it a Meal Prep

Make this chickpea cucumber and feta salad and pop it into food prep containers. Then add some lemony chicken breast for easy and healthy gluten-free lunches for the week ahead.

❓Are chickpeas carbs or protein?

Chickpeas are actually a great source of both carbs and protein! They're a type of legume, which means they contain a decent amount of carbohydrates, but they also pack a protein punch.

In fact, just one cup of chickpeas contains around 15 grams of protein and 45 grams of carbs.

Plus, the type of carb in chickpeas is low-glycemic, meaning it won't spike your blood sugars, leaving you feeling fuller for longer.

Hope you love the salad 😄

~April

📖 Recipe

Chickpea Cucumber Salad with Feta

This easy Chickpea Cucumber Salad with Feta is packed with fresh ingredients and delivers major nutrition!

4.80 from 10 votes

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Course: Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy salad, healthy salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 5

Author: April Saunders, RD, MPH

Ingredients

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• 3 green onions, diced
• 3 cups diced cucumbers
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 1 medium can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 2.5 cups (540 ml)
• 1 cup flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
• ½ cup mint, chopped
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese about 140 grams
• ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice about 1 large lemon
• Fresh ground pepper optional

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Instructions

• Place everything except the lemon juice in a large bowl and toss to combine.
• Squeeze fresh lemon juice overtop and stir. Add fresh ground pepper if desired.
• Serve immediately or keep in the fridge until you're ready to eat.

Notes

Makes about 10 cups.

Keeps for up to 3 days in the fridge.

I find the feta brings that salty note but if you want, you can sprinkle some Kosher salt over the whole dish before serving.

Nutrition information is approximate for 2 cups of the salad.

Nutrition Facts

Chickpea Cucumber Salad with Feta

Amount per Serving

Calories

99

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

4

g

6

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

0.1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

0.1

g

Cholesterol

 

16

mg

5

%

Sodium

 

286

mg

12

%

Potassium

 

370

mg

11

%

Carbohydrates

 

10

g

3

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

8

g

16

%

Vitamin A

 

1626

IU

33

%

Vitamin C

 

42

mg

51

%

Calcium

 

54

mg

5

%

Iron

 

2

mg

11

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Calories

99

Nutrition Facts