Simple Chickpea Salad

A 5-minute fast lunch idea! This simple chickpea salad is easy to throw together: the perfect healthy plant based desk lunch or quick fix dinner.Ready for one of our best quick fix meals? This simple chickpea salad. Some people might say it’s not even a recipe. Well, over here we’ve got fancy recipes like sourdough bread and the perfect margherita pizza. But just as important are non-recipes like what Alex and I eat for lunch every day. Making “real” recipes, and throwing together a 5 minute fast lunch are equally as valid! So how to eat a plant based lunch without spending hours on meal prep? How to make a quick dinner out of nothing? It starts with a can of chickpeas.How to make a healthy lunch in 5 minutesThis simple chickpea salad is what Alex eats for lunch on the regular. (I often make our best oatmeal, but I like this too!) It’s so easy to make that it’s more like an idea than a recipe. But we wanted to share it with you because it’s a lifesaver and illustrates one idea for what it means to eat plant based at lunch. Here’s how to make a fresh healthy, filling plant based lunch: this Mediterranean-style chickpea salad! Exact quantities are in the recipe below — scroll down!Chickpeas: Drain a can of chickpeas, then rinse it.Bell Pepper: Dice a bell pepper (about a handful).Cucumber: Dice an English cucumber (about a handful). We like using an English cucumber because it doesn’t need to be peeled. If all you can find is a standard cucumber, peel it first!Seasonings: Place it all in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and smoked paprika.That?
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