Super Healthy and Quick 5-Minute Lentil Chickpea Salad
By Laila ·
A delicious healthy salad so hearty it can be served as dinner! Full of good-for-you ingredients, this Lentil Chickpea Salad has protein, fibre, healthy fats, and all the vitamins and minerals your body needs to sustain good health. Free of priority allergens, naturally vegan, gluten free.
Super healthy and quick 5-Minute Lentil Chickpea Salad. Get ready for one of the best salads you’re going to have. Can we get that on record… anyone?!
Yes!! 5 minutes people! When do you ever get told you can make something that can be a meal (let alone healthy) in just a few minutes?!
Let’s get started right away.
Is it weird that I have an obsession with salad making and eating? Good thing it’s that and not shopping!
Ok totally lying – I love shopping too lol
But truthfully speaking, I am that person who starts her dinner with salad and ends it with another helping of salad. In fact, after I serve my family some salad I eat the rest… using the bowl as my plate. It’s not a pretty sight and I’m not quite sure how
my husband’s put up with it all these years. Guess that’s the true meaning of love – staying hum about your partner’s annoying habits.
What can I say? This girl loves her salads!
Like if you could have a crush on food, mine would have to be on salad! Check out some of the other recipes I made that I know you’re going to love too!! How about this Coriander Shrimp Zoodle salad, or this unbelievable Naturally Sweetened Berry Fig Salad, oh and of course the popular Harvest Kale salad!
I’ve just scratched the surface – there’s a ton more here that you’re just gonna have to go dig up :)
Back to this salad – which will take you 5 minutes to make!
All the goodness aside, this salad literally takes about 5 minutes to make! You’ll of course have to have your lentils and Kaniwa precooked {and your chickpeas if you opt not to use canned}, but otherwise there’s nothing time consuming about this meal.
What’s Kaniwa?
Kaniwa is baby quinoa so it’s another delicious super grain but it’s different in that it keeps its firm texture. I love that it’s so small and blends perfectly into this Lentil Chickpea Salad, adding that slight perfect crunch. If you don’t have Kaniwa on hand or don’t have access to it, see the notes under the recipe. You’ll be able to swap it out with bulgur and still have it taste perfect. :)
All the ingredients in this super healthy and quick 5 minute Lentil Chickpea Salad work harmoniously together. There’s so much vibrant colors and textures and flavors, it’s a definite must make salad perfect anytime of the year.
Why this 5-minute lentil chickpea salad is for you!
You’re going to love the simplicity of this dish and the fact that it’s priority allergens free, naturally gluten free and vegan.
This Lentil Chickpea Salad is free from:
dairy
egg
soy
wheat/gluten
peanut
tree nuts
fish/shellfish
mustard
sesame
animal products
sugar
Make it today and let me know your thoughts! Your continued feedback helps me out immensely and I can’t thank you guys enough for the love you show me by making my recipes and commenting. As always when you make this or any of my recipes, please leave a comment and don’t forget to rate it whatever you think it deserves!
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xx,
Laila
Recipe
Super Healthy and Quick 5-Minute Lentil Chickpea Salad
- Vegan
- Dairy-Free
- Gluten-Free
- Egg-Free
- Nut-Free
A delicious healthy salad so hearty it can be served as dinner! Full of good-for-you ingredients, this Lentil Chickpea Salad has protein, fibre, healthy fats, and all the vitamins and minerals your body needs to sustain good health. Free of priority allergens, naturally vegan, gluten free.
- Prep
- 5 mins
- Total
- 5 mins
- Serves
- 4 servings
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1In a large bowl, add lentils, chickpeas, Kaniwa, onion, pepper, parsley, and gently stir ingredients a few times.
- 2Add oil, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic,1/2 teaspoon sea salt to start, and stir once again a few times until dressing is well incorporated into the salad. Taste and adjust salt to taste. Serve immediately.*
Notes
If you don't have Kaniwa on hand, substitute ½ cup fine bulgur which you'll need to rinse and soak/cover in 1" very hot water for about 20 minutes. You'll know bulgur is ready when it's soft and not gritty/crunchy. Then squeeze all the water out and add to your salad. ½ c fine bulgur should yield close to 1 c soaked and squeezed bulgur. This salad tastes even better once it's had a chance to settle in the fridge. If you don't plan on serving the salad immediately, then leave the onion and parsley out and add into the salad right before you serve, to preserve the crispness of the onions and the freshness of the parsley leaves. If you don't have white wine vinegar, substitute with more fresh lemon juice {1/2 -1 Tbsp}. Start with a squeeze and adjust taste accordingly. Calories: 356 kcal
