Chickpea & Herb Summer Salad

I’m hanging on to Summer until the very end! It’s too short! I also love how we tend to crave simpler food dishes during the summer. I’m loving cold chickpea and herb salads these during these summer days. Simple and healthy! I’ll be sharing one of my latest simple summer salads in today’s post. A few people messaged me asking for the recipe so I’ll just post it here for everyone. It’s so super easy and takes very little time to make.

Chickpea & Herb Summer Salad

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of Chickpeas

  • 1 cup of parsley, chopped

  • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half

  • 1 tbsp hemp hearts

  • 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar

  • Drizzle of Olive oil

  • Salt & Pepper

  • 1 tbsp of minced garlic or you can use garlic powder as an alternative

  • 1 bell pepper, chopped

  • 2 cups of Fresh Spinach

  • Method:

    1. Drain and rinse your chickpeas

      Add them into a large bowl

      Chop up your parsley, garlic, tomatoes and bell pepper

      Toss the chopped ingredients into the bowl except the parsley

      Toss in the Apple Cider Vinegar and drizzle in some olive oil as well.

      Mix the ingredients well

      Add in the parsley and fresh spinach to the salad

      Season your salad with Salt and Pepper

      Give the salad another toss

      Sprinkle the hemp heats onto the salad and serve!

    Enjoy!

    * This Salad can be made ahead and stored in the fridge. The longer it sits in the fridge the better it tastes. I suggest you only add the spinach in before serving however. It will get too wilted otherwise. I add my spinach in the morning before leaving for work if I’m taking it for lunch. Adjust the dressing measurements to your desire. If your oil free you can totally skip it in this recipe. I’ve eaten it oil free many times and it’s still great. *

    Have a wonderful day everyone!

    Trust The Energy

    Do you trust the energy you feel? Do you tune into how a person or place makes you feel?

    Have you ever met someone and instantly knew you were meant to be friends? Maybe you felt like you knew them or that something about them was familiar as well. Sometimes we meet people and just know we had a soul contract together and we were meant to cross paths.

    Have you ever met someone where their energy didn’t feel good? Perhaps they’re in a angry place in their lives and the energy they are projecting is far from positive unfortunately.

    Anyway you look at at either the vibes and energy will make you feel good or they will affect you negatively.

    I had another interesting situation arise this week. I was on the subway platform waiting for the train after work. The train stopped and I was about to get into the subway cart. That’s when I got this sick feeling. I also felt like I was unable to breathe properly. It felt like a weight was in my chest all of a sudden. I knew at that moment I couldn’t get into that train. People were annoyed with me for holding them up so I quickly stepped aside and started walking down the track. Once I passed that subway cart I felt better. I entered the next cart over and immediately felt much better.

    If this was years ago I would have thought I was going crazy. I’ve learned over the years that I’m an empath and I’ve imbraced it.

    I’m glad that I don’t question things anymore. I now trust myself and know I’m feeling something for a good reason. Why I feel this way will unveil itself so I understand. It did on that subway ride too. Many stops later along my route home on the train I saw someone exit the cart next to mine who I knew well. She is the reason I couldn’t get in that cart. She is a part of my past that I never want to bring forth into the present. Had I walked into that subway cart I would have had an extremely negative situation and it would have been draining.

    Either it was my spirit guide not allowing me on that subway cart to protect me or just the rush of energy I received that stopped me. Either way I’m thankful.

    Trust how you feel. Trust the energy you feel in all situations. We can all feel it. Some people are more aware and effected by it like myself. Some people say go with your gut feelings. Yes! Absolutely! That’s your soul guiding you in this lifetime.

    Don’t allow energy vampires to stay in your circle. They will deplete you and no relationship is worth that. Stick with those that make you feel good, energizing and happy. The more of those types of people you surround yourself with the higher your vibration will be. You will continue to draw more of those amazing positive vibed individuals into your life as well. It’s actually pretty magical! Truly live in a good vibes only zone and life will become more than you every dreamed was possible.

    I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Stay true to yourself and remember to do something everyday that makes your soul sing. That can be a walk in nature or a coffee alone while reading a great book. We all need a little recharge! Love yourself because you truly are amazing!

    Namaste 💓

    ~ Debbie