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Broccoli Chickpea Salad with Feta Salad

This Broccoli Chickpea Salad with Feta is super fresh, healthy and delicious. Broccoli and chickpeas combine with brown rice, feta and red onion for super satisfying salad - perfect for meal prep, lunches or make a batch to serve with weeknight suppers.
4.58 from 19 votes
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Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: broccoli and feta salad, broccoli salad, gluten free
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6 cups

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups cooked brown rice
  • 3 cups broccoli (raw) chopped into small florets
  • 2 cups chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 x 540ml can of chickpeas
  • ½ medium purple onion finely chopped
  • 1 cup crumbled feta cheese

Dressing

  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • If you don't have any cooked rice in the fridge, cook the rice according to package directions and transfer to a large bowl to cool.
  • Add the cooked rice, chopped broccoli florets, chickpeas, purple onion, and feta to a large bowl.
  • Toss everything together.
  • To make dressing, whisk together the olive oil, white wine vinegar and juice of 1 lemon. Pour dressing over salad. Stir to combine.
  • Top with lemon zest to taste (I like a lot!) Add fresh ground pepper all over to taste.
  • Serve immediately or keep in the fridge till you need it. Keeps for up to 3 days.

Notes

Keeps for up to 4 days in the fridge.
You can use apple cider vinegar in place of the white wine vinegar.
Leftover rice you have in the fridge works great for this.
Or, if you don't have any kicking around, cook the rice according to package directions and transfer to a large bowl to cool.
If I'm making this for a meal-prep Sunday for our lunches, I'll put a quarter chunk of fresh lemon in the trays. This salad is so good with a hit of fresh lemon juice squeezed overtop.
Nutrition Information is approximate. 
Nutrition Facts
Broccoli Chickpea Salad with Feta Salad
Amount per Serving
Calories
263
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
 
3
g
19
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
4
g
Cholesterol
 
13
mg
4
%
Sodium
 
243
mg
11
%
Potassium
 
376
mg
11
%
Carbohydrates
 
34
g
11
%
Fiber
 
7
g
29
%
Sugar
 
5
g
6
%
Protein
 
13
g
26
%
Vitamin A
 
293
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
 
50
mg
61
%
Calcium
 
59
mg
6
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
263
Nutrition Facts