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Quick and Easy Chickpea Corn Salad

Recipe by Fayette Nyehn
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.
Servings 4
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups chickpeas
  • 1 cup corn
  • 2 cups cucumber
  • 1 cup olives
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • ¼ cup onion
  • 2 small avocados

Ingredients for dressing

  • ¼ cup red vinegar
  • 1 TBSP Dijon mustard
  • 1 TBSP honey (sub for maple syrup)
  • 4 TBSP avocado oil (sub for olive oil)
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp crushed red pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 0.5 oz cilantro

Instructions
 

  • Drain and rinse the canned chickpeas and corn.
  • Wash and chop the cucumber and cherry tomatoes.
  • Finely chop the onion.
  • Add chickpeas, corn, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and avocado in a large salad bowl.
  • Combine avocado oil, Dijon mustard, honey, red vinegar, cilantro, salt, black pepper, oregano and crushed red pepper in a mixing cup.
  • Add the mixture to the large salad bowl and stir.
  • Transfer to glass meal prep bowls and store in the refrigerator for 3 days.