Meatball & Chickpea Lunch Salad Bowl
Snag your favorite frozen premade meatballs and meal prep this healthy meatball salad for the rest of the week. Makes four salads.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 509kcal
Ingredients
For meal prep
- 16 frozen premade meatballs pork, beef, chicken, or turkey
- 8 carrots peeled & chopped into matchsticks
- 2 15 oz. cans of chickpeas drained & rinsed
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- Salt & pepper
For assembling an individual salad
- 1 cup romaine lettuce sliced thin
- 1 oz. feta cheese crumbled
- Dressing of your choice
- Sliced green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Drain the cans of chickpeas in a strainer. Rinse them off.
- Move the chickpeas to a clean towel and pat them down. Some of the skins will fall off—that's okay. Just discard the ones that fell off but leave the others.
- Line a large sheet pan with a silicone baking sheet or parchment paper.
- Add the cleaned chickpeas and carrot sticks to the lined sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Spread everything out evenly on the pan.
- Roast in the oven for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, add the frozen meatballs to another sheet pan. Roast everything for another 15 minutes—or until the meatballs are fully warmed through.
- Add a quarter of the chickpea and carrot mixture, four meatballs, romaine lettuce, feta cheese, dressing, and green onion to a bowl. Toss to coat, then serve.
Notes
Calories will vary based on the type of premade meatballs you purchase. The estimated number does not contain any calories from additional salad dressing.