Fresh Salad with Chickpeas and Broccoli Sprouts

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Salad and smoothie are the main sources of vitamins and minerals in our diet. A lot of people love salads, but in my case it took me a while to make friendship with it. I used to eat salads quite a bit, like children when they eat something they don’t like just to get their dessert : D. But in my case, my parent sits in my head and threatens me with imbalance in my body.

Advice to make salad taste better

This week I am practicing mindfulness while eating salad. I try to examine each ingredient of salad in my plate and eat extremely slowly, chewing 30-50 times, literally grinding everything between my teeth into a homogeneous mass before swallowing. As you know, we have a lot of receptors on our tongue, and it turns out that when you chew food so thoroughly, you manage to use the full potential of these receptors. It makes the food much tastier indeed.

Salad

I understand that this advice is very trite, evereybody heard it hundreds of times since early childhood. Honestly speaking, I always thought it’s a bluff. I had a feeling, that the pleasure is much greater when you don’t have to count anything, when you can relax and eat the way you got used to. But now I understand that until now I have never followed this advice in good faith to understand its value. Well-chewed food (although it may sound unpleasant and imgination creates terrible picture >.<) is actually much tastier for our tongue than something whole, bright and aromatic that we see on our plates.

Now I enjoy salads for dinner every evening. I like to combine greens with chickpeas. Chickpeas are perhaps my favorite type of legume. It is easy to cook and it’s convenient to freeze it. Chickpeas are also seem to be easier to digest than other legumes, so it’s a great option for dinner.

Sprouting

sprouts

In today’s recipe I use seed sprouts (broccoli and radishes). They are available in stores sometimes, but in Cyprus it is easier to sprout them at home than finding fresh ones in the store. We tried different sprouting techniques: in small pans, in flat plates, and in purchased constructions for sprouting … But the most effective, simple and convenient method turned out to be sprouting in ordinary jars. Watch my video on how I sprout mung beans to understand the principle.

You can order on Amazon a more elegant solution — a jar is sold with a stand and a specific lid. It looks very nice and aesthetically pleasing!

Fresh salad with chickpeas and broccoli sprouts

If you're looking for a hearty and nutritious salad recipe for dinner or for a lunch - try this delicious salad with chickpeas and sprouts! You gonna like how easy and quick it is to make such a delicious, satisfying, fresh and healthy salad!
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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Vegan
Diet: Vegan
Keyword: Chikpeas, Protein, Salad
Servings: 1 portion
Calories: 322kcal
Author: Anastassiya Vizzini

Ingredients

  • 120 g Chickpeas canned or pre-cooked
  • 1 small Tomato
  • 60 g Lettuce (2-3 leaves)
  • 1 tbsp Parsley finely chopped
  • 20 g Celery (1 small stalk )
  • 1 Spring onion
  • 1 tbsp Pumpkin seeds
  • 5 g Broccoli sprouts
  • 5 g Radish sprouts
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Olive oil (optional)
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 pinch Allspice
  • 1 pinch Chili pepper

Instructions

  • Mash the chickpeas with a fork to the desired appearance. I love it when the chickpeas in the salad are mashed evenly. So it absorbs juices and spices from the salad better.
  • Cut tomatoes, celery and lettuce into small pieces. Chop the parsley and green onions.
  • Combine greens, sprouts, pumpkin seeds, tomatoes and chickpeas in a bowl and season with lemon juice, olive oil and spices. Enjoy your salad!

Nutrition facts

Serving: 1 plate of salad Calories: 322
Carbohydrates: 30.1 g Protein: 15.4 g Fat: 11.9 g
Fiber: 12.9 g Calcium: 133 mg Iron: 5.8 mg
 
Follow the link to see detailed nutritional data to this recipe (calculated by cronometer.com).

Notes

If fresh sprouts are not available on the market you can make them at home. Watch my youtube video on how to sprout beans and seeds in a jar. We tried many alternative techniques, but this one appears to be the easiest!
If you looking for an elegant solution, you can order a jar with a stand (specially for sprouting) on Amazon. It looks very nice and aesthetically pleasing!

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Anastassiya Vizzini

I am Anastassiya - Vegan Nutritionist, author and administrator of the Vizzini Journal. I have been vegan since 2017 and I feel the urge to contribute into development of this movement. It is my sincere belief that maintaining vegan lifestyle is something truly self-loving. And I think that self-love is the strongest tool you can use to change the world around you for the better.

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