Chicken and Chickpea Salad | Quick and Easy

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Cottage cheese offers a lower fat option while still providing creaminess.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Crush 2 cloves of garlic in a large bowl.

Add 1 teaspoon of salt, 0.5 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 teaspoon of Italian herbs seasoning, and 0.5 teaspoon of paprika to the bowl.

Pour in 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and whisk everything together until well incorporated.

Add golden sweet baby tomatoes to the bowl.

Quarter the English cucumber and add it to the tomatoes.

Thinly slice some purple onion and add it to the mixture, just enough for color and flavor.

Add 2 cans of rinsed and drained chickpeas to the bowl.

Add 2 roasted red peppers, either homemade or jarred, to the mixture.

Mix everything together to ensure the seasoning coats all the vegetables.

Take baby greens and place the chickpea mixture liberally over the top.

Slice cooked chicken breasts on the diagonal and place them on top of the salad.

Crumble feta cheese over the salad.

Sprinkle roughly chopped parsley on top of the salad.

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