5 Minute Mediterranean Salad with Sardines and Chickpeas
This bright and fresh Chickpea-Sardine Salad is complemented with tomatoes, cucumber and olives offering a lot of flavor plus a good dose ofomega-3 fatty acids.
Servings 1
Ingredients
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1 small cucumber peeled and chopped in cubes
- ½ small onion finely chopped
- ½ cup boiled chickpeas canned or from dry
- 3 Kalamata olives pitted and sliced
- 2 teaspoons capers
- 3 ounce (100 g) canned sardines in olive oil do not drain
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1-2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
- 1 ½ tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Ground black pepper
Instructions
- Mix the first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Add the sardines carefully, do not crush them or smash them. Add the lemon juice and gently toss, some sardines will break in smaller pieces.
- Sprinkle with parsley and drizzle with 1-2 teaspoons olive oil (as needed depending on how much you used from the canned sardines).
- Finish with some fresh ground pepper before serving.