Broccoli Chickpea Salad with Feta
With only 5 ingredients and a simple homemade dressing, this is a broccoli salad to get excited about.
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Servings: 6
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
- Kosher salt
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 fresh lemon zest.
- Serve immediately or keep in the fridge till you need it. Keeps for up to 4 days.
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Notes
Yield: Make about 8 cups of salad
Leftovers: Keeps for up to 4 days in the fridge.
Substitutions / Additions:
You can use apple cider vinegar in place of the white wine vinegar. Leftover rice you have in the fridge works great for this. You can also use any rice, like basmati or jasmine. Add apple for more crunch or add leafy greens like baby kale or spinach. 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 for ~1.5 cups of salad.Nutrition Facts
Broccoli Chickpea Salad with Feta
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