Balela salad - a Mediterranean chickpea salad - is hearty, refreshing, and bursting with fresh herbs and zesty flavor from the fresh lemon garlic dressing. So easy, so delicious, and so satisfying! Turn it into an easy, weeknight meal with some pita bread or flatbread. (gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free)
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Balela salad – a middle eastern chickpea salad – is hearty, refreshing, and bursting with fresh herbs, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and zesty flavor from the fresh lemon garlic dressing. So easy, so delicious, and so satisfying! Turn it into an easy, weeknight meal with some pita bread or flatbread. (gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free). This recipe was originally published on sept 22,2020
Protein-packed, vibrant balela salad is such a satisfying side dish! This popular Middle Eastern or Mediterranean salad is so fresh and festive! Serve it as a side or spoon into flatbread or pita for a quick, flavor-packed lunch.

This salad has hearty chickpeas. It can also have black beans. You can use a combination of the two or just chickpeas. They pair beautifully with crunchy veggies, like cucumbers and peppers, fresh herbs, and a zesty sumac lemon garlic dressing that takes this chickpea salad to the next level.

Balela salad is simple, wholesome, bright, and flavor-packed and you will LOVE every bite of it!

Serve it as your summer salad or make wraps with ...