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Avocado Salad Stuffed with Chickpeas and Yogurt

Try stuffing your avocados and make this a healthful lunch or side for your family! Change it up by adding berries, tomatoes, or roasted vegetables.
Course Salad
Cuisine California Greek
Keyword avocado, chickpeas, salad, yogurt
Servings 4
Author Mary Papoulias-Platis

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked chickpeas
  • 2 stalks celery, minced
  • 1/2 cup minced bell pepper
  • 1/2 bunch of green onions, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon
  • 2 -3 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup chopped Kalamata olives
  • 2 avocados

Instructions

  1. Place the chickpeas in a medium bowl.
  2. Add the celery, red pepper, green onions, yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, parsley and olives.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Halve the avocados and remove the pits.
  5. Divide the filling evenly with the chickpea mixture.
  6. Sprinkle with lemon juice and pomegranate seeds.