Smashed Chickpea Salad Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers

Name: Smashed Chickpea Salad Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas, drained, rinsed; 1 ripe avocado; 1 lime, juiced; ½ tsp. garlic powder; ¼ tsp. salt; ¼ tsp. pepper; 8 Pero Family Farms® Mini Sweet Peppers, halved, seeded; 1 package Crispy Green® crispy fruit; 1 (1.5 oz.) Litehouse® Homestyle Ranch Dip cup; Carrots and celery

by Grace Vilches // August 20, 2020

This smashed chickpea salad is a great plant-based alternative to serve as a sandwich, wrap or stuffed into these adorable mini sweet peppers!

This recipe is so simple – chickpeas, avocado, lime juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Just mash and mix together and you’ve got a protein-packed vegan dish that’s sure to please everyone.

Mini Sweet Peppers from Pero Family Farms offer a perfect vehicle for this chickpea salad (also great for tuna salad, chicken salad and more!). With a tender yet crunchy texture and sweet taste, they pack a little extra Vitamin C into lunch to give your immune system a nutritious boost.

I also love Crispy Green® crispy fruit for lunchboxes. It’s 100% fruit and nothing else. They come in flavors like strawberry, mango and my favorite, pineapple.

We round out this lunchbox with a few veggies and Litehouse® Homestyle Ranch for dipping. This veggie-packed lunch will help fuel kiddos through the rest of the day.

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