A chickpea and avocado salad goes well with spring. It provides you with plant protein, healthy fats and a large portion of fresh seasonal vegetables. We present you a vegan recipe.
Spring brings an abundance of fresh local vegetables. These include radishes, spring onions and spinach. They look especially good in a nutritious and quick salad with chickpeas and avocado.
chickpeas you provide an additional portion of vegetable protein and avocado contains not only vitamins and minerals, but also many unsaturated fatty acids. Avocados are considered a superfood – already an avocado a week can reduce the risk of heart attack.
However, you should not eat avocados in large quantities. Drupa is associated with a poor ecological balance, which is partly due to high water consumption in cultivation and long transport routes. You can read more about the problem here: Avocado – the healthy superfood (with a really bad ecological balance).
Recipe: This is how to prepare the salad with chickpeas and avocado
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Therefore it is better to buy avocados only as an exception and for special dishes – such as this salad with chickpeas and avocado. We also recommend that avocados and other ingredients are organic if possible. of organic farming distributed by chemical-synthetic PESTICIDESwhich can be harmful to the environment and health.
Salad with chickpeas and avocado
- Preparation: about 10 minutes
- Rest time: about 30 minutes
- The crowd: 2 portions
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265 g
cooked chickpeas
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200 g
fresh spinach
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3
spring onions
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200 g
radish
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1
avocado
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4 tablespoons
soy yogurt
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1 tablespoon
lemon juice
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0.5 tsp
garlic powder
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salt and pepper
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sweetener to taste (optional)
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If using jarred chickpeas, rinse them quickly in a colander. Wash the spinach, onions and radishes. If necessary, remove the tough stems from the spinach.
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Cut spring onions into rolls and radishes into slices. Peel and cut the avocado into pieces.
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Place the chickpeas, greens and avocado in a bowl. For the dressing, whisk together the yogurt, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the chickpea and avocado salad and toss well.
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Season the chickpea and avocado salad with salt, pepper and, if necessary, a little sweetener. Let the salad stand for half an hour before serving.
Chickpea Avocado Salad: This makes it even more delicious
The chickpea and avocado salad tastes especially good if you still vegan slices add and homemade baguette enough for that. You can also change the salad to your liking:
- Fresh herbs like mint AND chick peas offer a difference in taste.
- You can also choose other vegan yogurt alternatives for dressing, such as coconut yogurt.
- Or try something completely different salad dressing to the salad with chickpeas and avocado.
- Instead of spinach you can also lamb’s lettuce use.
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