Curried Chickpea Salad Meal Prep Bowls

These Curry Chickpea Salad Meal Prep Bowls take only 20 minutes to assemble and require no cooking. They’re great for a super easy and healthy meal-prep lunch!

How has everyone’s week been? My brain has been complete mush this week, and I feel like I’ve been forgetting everything. Pregnancy brain is real!  Thankfully, I made these Curried Chickpea Salad Meal Prep Bowls last weekend because they saved me at lunchtime!

Curried chickpea salad is one of my favorite things to make this time of year. Not that you can’t make it year round, but curry has such a warm flavor that it makes me think of cooler weather.

Curry Meal Prep Bowl Recipe Ingredients

• Chickpeas – I went with two (15-ounce) cans of chickpeas, rinsed and drained.
• Fruit and vegetables -I diced celery, apple, red onion, and dried cranberries. I also used butter lettuce, but romaine leaves would work well, too, or you could omit it.
• Dressing – This recipe calls for vegan (or regular) mayo, Dijon mustard, curry powder, salt, and black pepper.
• Crackers – You can use your favorite crackers.
• Optional – Small bunches of grapes or four small handfuls of mixed nuts.

Why I Love These Meal Prep Bowls

• I’m unsure if anyone else feels this way, but curry has an addicting flavor. It makes me want to just keep eating and eating whatever I put it in. This Curried Chickpea Salad is no different! I’ve been really looking forward to my lunches this whole week, knowing that this salad was waiting for me.
• Curry has great flavor and goes well with chickpeas, dried cranberries, and apples. This salad is perfect for a light lunch that doesn’t leave you feeling too full and tired.
• No-cook meals are really popular in the summertime when people don’t want to heat their homes by turning the oven on, but personally, I love them all year round. They’re usually quick and easy and made with lots of fresh ingredients.
• Although this is a cold salad, the curry flavor, combined with the apples and dried cranberries, really makes it perfect for fall.

How To Make These Curry Chickpea Meal Prep Bowls

1. Add the chickpeas to a medium-sized bowl and use a potato masher or fork to mash them slightly.  Add all remaining chickpea salad ingredients and mix until combined.
2. Line up four meal prep containers. To each one, add a lettuce leaf and then spoon on 1/4 of the chickpea salad mixture. I like to use silicone muffin liners to separate the crackers from the grapes/mixed nuts.

Curry Chickpea Meal Prep Bowl Recipe Tips

• I like to separate my crackers and grapes/mixed nuts from the chickpea salad, so I use these silicone liners. You can also use a container with a few different compartments or just store your sides in a plastic bag or separate container.
• My crackers and mixed nuts were a little soft on days 3 and 4, so I suggest not adding those in until the morning of. That will help keep everything crisp and fresh.
• Feel free to leave out the lettuce if you like. I scooped my curried chickpea salad with the crackers and then ate the lettuce at the end, but if you want to eat the salad with crackers alone, that is OK, too!
• I happen to like grapes and mixed nuts but you could add any other fruit or sides you prefer.

Have a question about this recipe? Ask me in the comments, and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

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Curried Chickpea Salad Meal Prep Bowls

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• Author: She Likes Food
• Total Time: 20 minutes
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• 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced apple, your favorite kind (about 1 small apple)
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup vegan mayo or regular mayo (or more or less depending on how much mayo you like)
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 lettuce cups, I used butter lettuce but romaine leaves would work well too or you could omit
• 4 servings of your favorite crackers
• 4 small bunches grapes or 4 small handfuls mixed nuts

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Instructions

1. Add chickpeas to a medium sized bowl and use a potato masher or fork to slightly mash.  Add all remaining chickpea salad ingredients and mix until combined.
2. Line up 4 meal prep containers.  To each one add a lettuce leaf and then spoon on 1/4 of the chickpea salad mixture.  I like to use silicone muffin liners to separate the crackers and grapes/mixed nuts.

• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Category: Lunch, Gluten Free, Vegan
• Cuisine: Indian

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