Smashed Chickpea & Avocado Salad Sandwich

Ingredients:

1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas or garbanzo beans (I use Bush's Garbanzo Beans)
1 large ripe avocado
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped green onion
Juice from 1 lime
Salt and pepper, to taste
Bread of your choice (I use whole wheat bread)
Fresh spinach leaves or other sandwich toppings: lettuce, tomato slices, sprouts, etc.

Source, details, tips and full instruction at: twopeasandtheirpod.com

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Southwest Chicken Salad with Healthy Avocado Buttermilk Dressing

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken (2 medium sized breasts)
2 teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
2 romaine hearts, chopped (about 5-6 ounces)
1 jalapeño, sliced thinly
1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
1 large tomato, diced
3 tablespoon roughly chopped cilantro
2 cups corn
2 cups black beans
Avocado Dressing (recipe below)
Chili Croutons (recipe below)
Avocado Dressing
1 ½ cups diced avocado (about 2 small avocados)
1 ¼ cups buttermilk
¼ cup low-fat mayo
¾ teaspoon garlic powder
¾ salt, plus more to taste
½ teaspoon dried dill
½ teaspoon dried basil
Pinch of black pepper
Chili Croutons
2 ½ cups cubed day old bread
1 ½ tablespoons grapeseed oil (or whatever you have on hand)
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon chili powder

Source, details, tips and full instruction at: cookingforkeeps.com

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Spring fava bean, quinoa, radish, avocado, & mint salad

Ingredients:

Quinoa - 1 cup dried
Fava beans - fresh pods, several big handfuls. (once shelled I had a scant 2 cups)
Radish - 1 bunch
Avocado - 1, sliced into small chunks
Apple - 1/2 and apple, cut into small chunks
Red onion - 1/2 an onion, finely chopped
Olives - I had 6 kalamata olives left in my fridge, I sliced the meat off the pit into slivers.
Feta - about 1/3 cup
Mint - fresh, 3-4Tb finely chopped
Lemon - juice of 1 lemon
Butter - 1TB
Olive oil - a drizzle
Salt/pepper - to taste

Source, details, tips and full instruction at: l-o-r-e.com

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Beet avocado salad with chia seed dressing

Ingredients:

1 large beet, thoroughly washed
1 avocado, slightly firm
3 tbsp chopped pecans or walnuts
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp grain mustard
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ tsp agave nectar
⅛ tsp salt, or to taste
2 tsp chia seeds
2 tbsp chopped chives

Source, details, tips and full instruction at: mayihavethatrecipe.com

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