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The most delicious chickpea salad with feta, herb and lemon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First things first, the star of the show in this chickpea salad is, clearly chickpeas but if that is throwing you, they are known as garbanzo beans in the US. Now everyone is clear on that, let’s talk about why you need to make this chickpea salad with feta and herb salad this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chickpea salad works in so many ways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This chickpea salad is one of the most-made recipes from my classes, I’ve also demonstrated making it on instagram<\/a>. I love how many of you have adopted this as part of your weekly meals. It is the perfect side with roast or grilled chicken. It is dreamy alongside grilled lamb, marinated in a little plain yoghurt and cumin. It\u2019s also grand as a stand-alone salad served with some toasted pitta or stuffed into a wholewheat flatbread along with some rotisserie chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This salad keeps well for a couple of days in the fridge, making it perfect for packed lunches. Make sure you bring it to room temperature before eating as the flavours will taste flat if it is fridge-cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leftover salad is lovely stirred into soup or pasta. The salty, herby, citrussy hit lifts the plainest bowl of food perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play around with the ingredients in this chickpea salad – you can even switch out the chickpeas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can use pretty much any canned bean in this recipe if you either don’t like or don’t have chickpeas. If you want to up the vitamins and hit your greens quota for the day you can also add some chopped rocket (arugula) or watercress along with the herbs. Chopped red pepper or roasted red pepper from a jar, snipped into strips with scissors is a good addition too. Fresh tomatoes in season are great and a bit of chopped avo would work too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precision isn\u2019t the order of the day here, so just stick to the general measurements, taste and adjust the seasoning and you\u2019ll be just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chickpea salad with feta and herb ingredients (serves 4 as a side):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n