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    Lunch Ideas Part Two

    Published: Jun 27, 2012 ยท Updated: Aug 24, 2022 ยท Post may contain affiliate links

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    A great recipe for a quick & satisfying lunch or snack. It's also vegan and is easily adaptable to your taste

    A great recipe for a quick & satisfying lunch or snack. It's also vegan and is easily adaptable to your taste

    The first Lunch Ideas post was pretty popular {glad you liked it!}, so I thought I'd do another one.

    Basically, the point of my Lunch Ideas posts is to help you break free from your turkey sandwich or salad rut. Not that either one of those is bad, but when you get bored, you can easily justify going out for lunch or picking up something.

    I'm not unrealistic in thinking that you will forever brown bag your lunch to work, but I really believe it's important to bring your own lunch to work most days.

    Bringing your own lunch can help you save money as well as help you stick to a healthy eating plan.

    Save the lunch out for special occasions, and try to fill your plate with mostly vegetables...but this post is about ideas for what to bring to lunch not what to do when you go out for lunch. That's for another day...

    This recipe is so easy, and you can always add any leftover veggies you have sitting in your refrigerator.

    Just toss all the ingredients together & leave it in my refrigerator. It takes less than 10 minutes.

    The salad keeps for about 4-5 days which is perfect because it gives me about 2 lunch servings and 2 snack servings. I have a ยพ cup serving at lunch and about a โ…“ cup serving at snacks.

    You can serve it over a bed of lettuce or in a pita pocket, too. Personally, I like it over lettuce.

    Chickpea Salad

    A great recipe for a quick & satisfying lunch or snack. It's also vegan and is easily adaptable to your taste
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2 cups
    Author: Meme

    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoon olive oil
    • 2 tablespoon vinegar {apple cider, balsamic, red wine}
    • 1 tablespoon basil chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil
    • 1 tablespoon oregano fresh or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
    • 1 ยฝ cup chickpeas rinsed & drained
    • ยฝ cup roasted red bell pepper chopped

    Instructions

    • Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, basil, and oregano. Stir in chickpeas and roasted bell peppers. Keep covered and refrigerate.

    Notes

    *Makes 2 cups
    Did you try this recipe?Be sure to leave a comment & recipe rating below. Bonus points for tagging @memeinge & #livingwellkitchen on Instagram! THANK YOU! xo

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    1. Michelle says

      June 28, 2012 at 9:40 am

      This looks delicious! I love chickpeas but haven't ever tried them in a salad. I will now. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday ๐Ÿ™‚ Have a wonderful week

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      • memeinge says

        June 29, 2012 at 11:32 am

        Thanks! This is one of my favorites. I almost always have this in my refrigerator for a quick lunch or snack.

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    2. Lisa says

      June 28, 2012 at 8:15 pm

      This looks so good and it uses fresh herbs!

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      • memeinge says

        June 29, 2012 at 11:33 am

        Thank you! The herbs are my favorite part. I usually just add whatever herbs look good that day. Basil is my favorite!

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