by j - Frugal Mom - r.
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Chickpea Salad and Pita with Hummus - Making Lunch In Search of Energy

July 30, 2009 01:34 PM EDT
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For months I have not really been able to enjoy the food that I was eating, as it would either give me heart burn or cause morning sickness. Now that I am no longer pregnant, I am enjoying my food again.

Since I am nursing the baby, it feels like the energy is literally being sucked out of me, and today I decided to make myself a lunch that could give me back a little energy.

 

I decided upon pita bread with pasta salad and spicy hummus, and a chickpea salad on the side.

I Filled the pita bread with some spicy hummus and mixed it with a pasta salad consisting of ice berg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion and elbow pasta.

 

 

As a side I added some blueberries for brain food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The chickpea salad is one that I first made for Skyler Kai's christening party, and I really love the combination of chickpeas and cucumber. This is definitely one of my favorite salads.

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Chickpea Salad

1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed.

1 cucumber (peeled and cut into tiny pieces)

1 tomato (cut into pieces)

1/4 cup red onion

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1/4 teaspoon dried basil

1-2 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

2 -3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

 

 

Of course I had to wait a while to enjoy the final result, as the baby demanded food as soon as I finished making my lunch.

 

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What is your favorite energy food?
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Comments: 31

juley g. Jul 30, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
Yummy! This looks fabulous!
Shannon W Jul 30, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
That looks very tasty. I don't have a favorite energy food at the moment.
Katrina Hall Jul 30, 2009, 1:37pm EDT
Yummy! So glad that "morning" sickness is gone!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 30, 2009, 1:40pm EDT
Katrina, I am too and I'm even happier about what I got instead:) It really is amazing how the morning sickness and heart burn can be there one minute and then be absolutely gone the next.
Katrina Hall Jul 30, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
Weird! My 24 hour a day "morning" sickness disappeared when i was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and, boy, was I happy! Nursing made me ravenous!
DiAnA D. Jul 30, 2009, 1:37pm EDT
hope it gives you the energy you need!
Sandra H. Jul 30, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
I like natural peanut butter on a caramel rice cake for a quick pick me up! Your lunch looks delicious. I am going to save the recipe and give this a try as my husband is very fond of chickpeas....thanks for the recipe!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 30, 2009, 1:39pm EDT
Sandra this recipe is great with cherry tomatoes cut in half as well. I too love chick peas.
Linda B. Jul 30, 2009, 1:40pm EDT
Anything high protein combined with greens...no carbs other than small portions of brown rice (unless it's sushi).
flit . Jul 30, 2009, 1:40pm EDT
that looks good to me...I have a steak on the BBQ right now though...can't wait for it to be done - I'm starving!
Tory H. Jul 30, 2009, 1:46pm EDT
Yum! That made me hungry... I should eat some lunch!
Madame Donna C. Jul 30, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
That's a wonderful meal! I was always starved when I was nursing. Having quick to prepare, power foods really does help!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 30, 2009, 1:54pm EDT
Madame Donna, I too feel like I am starving both night and day, as my little man eats often at this stage. I made sure to make extra of both the pasta salad and the chickpea salad, so that I have for a couple of meals.
Cynthia J. Jul 30, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
Yum, that looks soooo good. I'm going to definitely try the chickpea salad. I have plenty of cherry tomatoes for it too.
Vivian P. Jul 30, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
sounds good to me
Lori A Jul 30, 2009, 2:16pm EDT
This should really give you lots of energy and it looks so tasty Im going to print this one out and give it a go I absolutely love chick peas :)
Nancy S. Jul 30, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Had to laugh at the salad with onions. I was always warned not to eat them when I was nursing, garlic either. I followed directions with the first two and they still don't like onions. I said to heck with it and ate what I wanted with the last ones. ( I love onions.) They all like onions and garlic too and it didn't give any of them colic. My favorite energy food is yogurt.
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 31, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
Nancy, I got the garlic and onion one too.....I listened for a while, but I love garlic too much....it has never been a problem though. Fortunately the babies are used to my diet which has lots of garlic and beans in it from being in my womb. I could not eat onion during the pregnancy though, as it gave me heart burn.....so now I'm catching up.
Sarah (I want points) Jul 30, 2009, 3:03pm EDT
That does look really good! I'm hungry anyway.
Rob Appell Jul 30, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
Anything sweet with sugar works for me. What you made would make me weak... in the stomach and I doubt I'd have the 'strength' to even get it down.
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 31, 2009, 7:01pm EDT
Rob, I love sweet stuff, but it tends to have some bad side effects:)
JoAnn C. Jul 30, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
that sounds good
Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. Jul 30, 2009, 11:16pm EDT
The lack of energy is probably my #1 health issue, so I hope you will share more of the recipes that work. And, again, it's so good to have you back. We really missed you!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 31, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
Amanda, I hope this one will work for you as well. You are so sweet!!!
Sherrie H. Jul 31, 2009, 12:14am EDT
Sounds great! I'm glad food is appealing to you again. I have a taco salad that calls for chick peas and is made with zesty Italian dressing. it's great.
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 31, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
It sounds great Sherrie, I am a huge fan of chick peas.
Sue * Jul 31, 2009, 6:25pm EDT
I love hummus, but I make my own because garlic is not my friend and it is heavy in the store brands. I could eat it all the time. As for energy, I'm not sure I have a "go to" food...I tend to go for eggs when I'm hungry and nothing sounds good.
j - Frugal Mom - r. Jul 31, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
Sue, I attempted making my own once with a mini food chopper....it did not turn out to be a success, so now I am thrilled if there is rare sale or coupon for hummus:)
Sue M. Aug 3, 2009, 12:09pm EDT
I eat mostly vegetarian and love recipes with chick peas... this looks good! I'll have to try it, j r!
Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Aug 4, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
You know the bad thing about Gather? I end up having to bookmark all these great recipes. :-)

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