Chickpea salad

Recipe by The Kindergarden Chef Andrea

“Cooking with kindness and veggies never tasted so good”

Garden-Chopped-Chickpea-Salad

Orange basil dressing

In a jar

2 tbsp of honey

2 tbsp of dijion mustard

1 garlic clove minced

¼ cup of balsamic vinegar

1 tsp of sea salt

1 tsp of pepper

3 tbsp of orange juice

3 tbsp of lemon zest

1 tsp of zest

½ cup of olive oil

4 basil leaves rolled up and sliced finely

Put lid on jar and give it a shake.

Salad

4 cup of chickpeas

1 cucumber diced small

½ cup of diced red onion small

2 bell peppers diced small

2 avocadoes diced small

1 cup of grated carrot

In a bowl toss salad with dressing, give it a stir and enjoy!!

Health facts

This is the perfect salad to make if you want to get lots of vegetables into your diet as well as protein, chickpeas are very high in protein.

Chef Andrea’s tips

I would suggest getting your little ones to help you in the kitchen, to create some special memories together. I think it is important for children to see how fun cooking with vegetables can be. Cooking with vegetables  means more color and more color means nutrients, you can’t go wrong with that!!