Name: Crispy Honey Chickpea + Avocado Salad with Tahini Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Cuisine: salad
Ingredients: 1 can garbanzo beans, drained and patted dry with a kitchen towel; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/4 teaspoon each salt and black pepper; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped; 1 ripe avocado, diced; 1 small sweet potatoes, roasted and diced; 1/3-1/2 cup feta cheese, large crumbles; 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half; 6-8 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 2 heaping tablespoons tahini; 1/4 cup olive oil; juice from 1 medium lemon; 1 teaspoon honey; 1-2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper (more for seasoning); 2 tablespoons hot water (more to thin the dressing out)

Crispy Honey Chickpea +
Avocado Salad with Tahini Dressing

December 7, 2023

There are no words. My mind is blank. You just have to try this salad. All the combinations, colors and that dressing. Ah.

Salty, sweet, crispy, creamy, tender + garlic. Well, all the flavors and textures in this one. Hints of honey both in the tahini salad dressing and in the crispy roasted chickpeas, then all the salt from the feta and the creamy sweet potatoes and avocado. It’s a leveled up salad. It’s all the things, a salad should be.

Here is your new salad and if not a salad – make these chickpeas for a healthy snack.

Tahini Salad Dressing

Tahini is the allstar in this salad dressing. It makes it’ rich and creamy, brings the olive oil, garlic and honey all together.

With only 5 ingredients in a jar. Shake it up and pour. I love thinning it out with hot water to make it last longer…or so I can dip my fork to eat it. It’s that good.

All my favorite things.

Talk about healthy fats, carbs and protein all packed in this vegetarian salad. Whoa, it’s a good one.

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Crispy Honey Chickpea + Avocado Salad with Tahini Dressing

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Author: Kat with White Sparrow
Total Time: 22 minutes
Yield: 2-4 1x
Diet: Vegetarian

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Ingredients

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1 can garbanzo beans, drained and patted dry with a kitchen towel
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon each salt and black pepper
1 tablespoon honey
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
1 ripe avocado, diced
1 small sweet potatoes, roasted and diced
1/3–1/2 cup feta cheese, large crumbles
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
6–8 fresh basil leaves, chopped

Tahini Dressing

2 heaping tablespoons tahini
1/4 cup olive oil
juice from 1 medium lemon
1 teaspoon honey
1–2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper (more for seasoning)
2 tablespoons hot water (more to thin the dressing out)

Mix all salad dressing ingredients together.

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400F.
On a baking sheet tray add the dry garbanzo beans, olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss to coat and spread them out in an even layer. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle the honey on top and toss to coat. Return back to the oven for 6 minutes. Remove and let cool slightly.
To assemble the salad, layer the chopped romaine lettuce in a shallow bowl or plate. Layer the avocado, sweet potato, feta cheese and cherry tomatoes around. Sprinkle the honey chickpeas and basil on top.
Serve with the tahini dressing.