Looking for a refreshing salad with colorful vegetables to serve at your next holiday party? Open a can of chickpeas and add cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, red bell peppers, avocados, and pomegranate seeds to create your salad. Prepare the green salad dressing with Hellmann’s®/ Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing, spinach or arugula leaves, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic cloves, and a pinch of salt in a food processor and dress the salad with the green salad dressing. It is that easy and good for you too!
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This vegetarian and gluten-free salad is my favorite dish to prepare for a party.
It is easy to make, beautiful and it travels well.
To prepare the salad dressing you can make it with arugula or spinach leaves. Whichever you have on hand, it is perfect each time.
Add the greens in a food processor with the mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic cloves, and a pinch of salt. Process and you will end up with this vibrant green salad dressing that is savory with a slight citrus flavor.
The reason I choose Hellmann’s®/ Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing is because it’s an excellent source of Omega 3* ALA (alpha-linolenic acid). It contains 320 milligrams of ALA per serving, which is 20 percent of the 1.6 grams Daily Value for ALA.
Hellmann’s® can be part of an overall balanced diet since it is made with plant-based oils with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats and is also gluten-free.
The crunchy vegetables and pomegranate seeds combined with this green mayonnaise dressing gives this salad a refreshing flavor that is satisfying.
List of ingredients:
- Canned chickpeas
- Red bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Carrots
- Tomatoes
- Spinach (or arugula)
- Avocados
- Green onions
- Lemons
- Pomegranate seeds
- Herbs like mint or parsley
- Hellmann’s®/ Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing
This chickpea salad is inspired by Tabbouleh, a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean recipe where cucumbers, tomatoes, and parsley are key ingredients. For this recipe, you can add more or less of any of the ingredients.
There are several nutrients in this salad: carrots are rich in vitamin A, pomegranate seeds are rich in vitamin C, and avocados contain “good” fats such as monosaturated fats. I also really like the mint flavor but if you can’t find it in your market, go with parsley.
This green salad dressing is made of just four ingredients.
It has spinach (or arugula), Hellmann’s®/ Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing, lemon juice, lemon zest, and garlic.
Either spinach or arugula will make this salad nutritious and savory. When ready to serve, add pomegranate seeds on top. Sweet!
Chickpea Salad with Green Salad Dressing
Chickpea salad with a green mayonnaise dressing made with Hellmann’s®/Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing. Serve it as a side dish or appetizer, perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
Ingredients for Green Salad Dressing:
- 1 cup baby spinach or arugula leaves
- 1/3 cup Hellmann’s®/ Best Foods® Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Dressing
- 4 tbsps lemon juice and zest (about 2 lemons)
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp salt
Salad Ingredients:
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 3/4 cup cucumber, chopped
- 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup red bell peppers, diced
- 2 green onions, chopped
- Fresh mint or parsley leaves, chopped
- 1 fresh avocado, peeled and diced
- 1 pomegranate, seeds
Instructions
- Place all dressing ingredients in a food processor or blender in the order listed and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Combine all salad ingredients except the pomegranates in a large bowl. Add green mayonnaise dressing and combine.
- Top with pomegranate seeds. Season with salt and pepper as desired. Ready to serve.
Notes
Chickpeas can be roasted for this salad in a toaster oven or oven for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
6 servingsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 212
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