Summer Chickpea Salad with Tomatoes and Feta Recipe

canned chickpeas

🥗Healthier: dried chickpeas

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Dried chickpeas are more nutritious; canned beans are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point; vegetable oil is usually less expensive.

Wash and dice grape tomatoes and add them to a medium bowl.

Peel a quarter of a medium to large onion, slice it, and give it a rough chop. Add the onions to the bowl.

Open a 16 ounce can of chickpeas, drain it, and rinse the chickpeas under cold water. Add them to the bowl.

Chop up some feta cheese and add it to the bowl.

Julienne some fresh basil by stacking the leaves together, rolling them like a cigar, and slicing. Add it to the bowl.

Add sliced kalamata olives to the bowl.

Make the dressing by adding olive oil, lemon juice, onion powder, black pepper, oregano, and a little bit of honey to a separate bowl. Stir to combine.

Add the dressing to the rest of the ingredients in the medium bowl and stir everything well to combine, ensuring the dressing is well distributed.

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