chickpeas salad my favourite lately

OK i am loving this salad that i started doing for the last month and i am still doing it i am not bored yet so that means only one thing its that good woohoo and every one in the house are loving it so that's always a plus so lets get to our ingredients

1- 2 tomatoes

2- 1 cucumber

3- 2 hot peppers i used 2 Thai peppers i know a little bit hot but i love it

4- 1 carrot

5- a half green bell pepper

6- few mint leafs

7- a little bit of coriander

8- and of course chickpeas you can use canned but i don't i like doing it my self so i boiled mine in an electric pot pressure

For the dressing olive oil , soy sauce or vinegar any kind you like

but in this recipe i used soy sauce with the olive oil

and as i always say you can add or remove what ever you like

now put your chickpeas in a larger bowl

and then chop your other ingredients and add them to your chickpeas

and then add in your soy sauce and olive oil

then mix every thing together

and enjoy eating

 this amount lasted for three people for lunch and i had leftovers for dinner too

here is my lunch

and here is my dinner

this salad makes you full as well

hope that you will try this and add in what ever you like just make smart healthy choices

The nutrition facts :

TOMATOES 
has a good amount of Vitamins A and C which are considered antioxidant which is good for preventing cell damage, K which is good for your bones, folate, potassium. thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, magnesium, phosphorus and copper these are good for your health and it also gives you a good amount of fiber 
tomatoes makes your skin look great because of the beta-carotene that helps to protect skin against sun damage and tomatoes also helps your skin protection from UV rays which is a leading cause of fine lines and wrinkles

very good source of chromium, which regulate blood sugar.

prevent kidney stones and gallstones.

CUCUMBERS
are 95% water so it keeps you hydrated , and it contains a vitamin C

BELL PEPPER
vitamin C and E it also contain zeaxanthin which keeps your eyes healthy and might reduce your risk of age related eye disorder


THAI PEPPERS
vitamin A,C,E,K and i just wanna say that the amount of the vitamin C is really high in it its up to 80% of the daily use and that depends on all kinds of hot peppers in general 
And it also has sodium and other things 


CARROTS
has a high amount of vitamin A it also has vitamin C,E,K and others
it has potassium,manganese and also other minerals and dietary fibers

 MINT LEAVES  
it has vitamin A,C and other things.Its good for your digesting , eliminating toxins And i heard that it cleanses the blood so yeah.

CORIANDER  
Vitamin K , C , E, folic acid , and also has potassium , magnesium , It increases HDL cholesterol the good cholesterol and reduce LDL cholesterol the bad cholesterol and its good for the stomach as well.




SOY SAUCE
has tryptophan , manganese , protein and vitamin B3 in it

OLIVE OIL
has MUFAs which are actually considered a healthy dietary fat

CHICKPEAS
 has proteins , folate , thiamin , vitamin B6 , K , dietary fibers , total carbohydrate , a high amount of manganese , copper , zinc , potassium , phosphorus , iron , calcium
and others of course

 So these are the facts that i managed to put into this post to help you and there are so much more 
I just wanna say that you should research about the food that you are eating and you will know more about what you are putting in your body .

 

MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES AND ENJOY

NWSSA

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