Healthy chickpea recipes
15 recipes
Chickpea dinners with 550 calories or fewer and at least 20 grams of protein a serving, lightest first. They average 480 calories and 25 grams of protein a serving.

Chana chaat (Indian chickpea salad)
380 calories, 21 g protein
15 min

Sheet pan tandoori chickpeas and cauliflower
400 calories, 23 g protein
45 min

Air fryer chickpea cakes (vegetarian crab cakes)
400 calories, 20 g protein
40 min

Sheet pan Mediterranean chicken with chickpeas
420 calories, 40 g protein
40 min

Chickpea salad sandwiches
450 calories, 23 g protein
15 min

Sheet pan chicken sausage and vegetables
490 calories, 25 g protein
40 min

Baked feta chickpeas
490 calories, 21 g protein
45 min

Quinoa and chickpea salad
500 calories, 23 g protein
45 min

Sheet pan zucchini and squash with chickpeas and feta
500 calories, 23 g protein
45 min

Spinach and chickpeas (espinacas con garbanzos)
520 calories, 21 g protein
30 min

Moroccan chicken stew with chickpeas
530 calories, 44 g protein
60 min

Microwave Greek stuffed sweet potato
530 calories, 23 g protein
16 min

Slow cooker chickpea tinga tacos
540 calories, 21 g protein
250 min

Air fryer buffalo chickpea tacos
540 calories, 25 g protein
25 min

Chickpea adobo
550 calories, 20 g protein
35 min
Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.
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