Deluxe Salad with Chickpeas

Main ingredients

chickpeas (2.5 cups cooked; or 1.25 cup raw, cooked)
fusilli (300 grams dry measure, cooked)
1 large english cucumber, sliced
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 large red (or green) bell pepper, chopped

Vinagrette Ingredients

1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp crushed dried oregano, or 1/4 tsp ground oregano
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1 clove garlic, minced; or 1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper

Instructions

Whisk together vinagrette ingredients in a small bowl. Toss main ingredients with vinagrette in a large bowl. Serve over a bed of baby spinach leaves.

Nutrition per serving

322 calories (97 from fat)
11 grams of fat (2 saturated)
36 mg sodium
46 g carbs (6 fiber ; 5 sugars)
11 g protein

Tip: To measure servings, I put the bowl on the scale, set to zero added the ingredients, and then divided by 8