This Quick and Easy Chickpea Corn Salad is colorful, tasty, and nutritious. It can be prepared in a single bowl and doesn’t require cooking. The flavorful vinegar mustard dressing gives the salad a fantastic taste.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Easy to prepare. This salad is made in a single bowl, portioned into glass containers, and stored in the refrigerator for 3 days. It takes less than 25 minutes to prepare.
Delicious. Combining chickpeas with corn, vegetables, herbs, and spices is delightful. This salad is flavorful.
Affordable. The salad features affordable ingredients like chickpeas, corn, cucumber, and cherry tomatoes.
Ingredients Needed For Quick and Easy Chickpea Corn Salad
- Chickpeas are an excellent protein source. They are also a good source of dietary fiber. You can replace chickpeas with black beans or any beans of choice.
- Olives are a good source of antioxidants. You can substitute olives with artichoke hearts.
- Corn is a good source of fiber, which helps promote healthy digestion. You can substitute corn with bell pepper.
- Cucumber contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
- Avocado is a good source of healthy fats.
- Cherry tomatoes are packed with vitamin C.
- Onion is rich in antioxidants.
- Red vinegar is used to make the salad dressing.
- Honey or maple syrup adds sweetness to the dressing.
- Cilantro adds flavor to the salad.
- Avocado contains vitamin E and K. you can replace avocado oil with olive oil.
- Dijon mustard
- Seasonings: I used oregano, salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper
How To Make Quick and Easy Chickpea Corn Salad
In a large salad bowl, add chickpeas, corn, cherry tomatoes, olives, cucumber, onion, and avocado.
Combine avocado oil, Dijon mustard, red vinegar, honey, salt, black pepper, oregano and crushed red pepper in a mixing cup.
Transfer the mixture to the salad bowl and combine it with the ingredients.
Add the salad to glass meal-prep containers and store them in the refrigerator for 3 days. When you are ready to eat, enjoy!
