Herbed chickpea and roast vege salad

Serving 7 of your 5-a-day, this salad is a delicious combination of sweet roast pumpkin, fresh herbs, chickpeas, and feta proving that cooking for one has never been so easy!

Serves: 1

Time to make: 40 mins

Hands-on time: 20 mins

Ingredients

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1 red capsicum, deseeded, cut in 2cm strips
1 cup peeled, 2cm cubed pumpkin
2 teaspoons olive oil
⅔ cup halved fresh cherry tomatoes or chopped fresh tomatoes
½ small red onion, finely sliced
½ cup cooked or canned chickpeagarbanzoXsgarbanzosX, rinsed, drained
handful baby rocketarugulaX
cracked black pepper, to taste

Dressing
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar

To serve
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
25g crumbled feta

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 220°C. In a roasting pan place capsicum skin-side down. Add pumpkin. Drizzle over oil and cook for 20-30 minutes, or until capsicum flesh softens and skin blisters and pumpkin is tender. Remove and set aside.
In a large bowl place tomatoes, onion, chickpeas and rocket. Grind over pepper.
Whisk dressing ingredients together. Pour over chickpea mixture. Toss to coat well.
Peel skin off cooled capsicum strips and roughly chop. Add, along with pumpkin pieces, to tomato and chickpea mixture. Toss to combine. Leave 10 minutes or up to an hour for flavours to mingle.
Sprinkle with herbs and feta to serve.

Variations

Make it low FODMAP: Reduce chickpea serve to 1/4 cup and rinse well before using. Use buttercup squash instead of pumpkin. Use green part of spring onion instead of red onion.

Make it vegan: Replace feta with Sheese Greek-style vegan cheese.

HFG tip

Use any leftover canned chickpeas to make hummus by blending with 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 small clove garlic, 1 tablespoon tahini, 1 teaspoon olive oil and enough water to loosen to desired consistency.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 489cal

Kilojoules 2050kJ

Protein 17g

Total fat 27g

–Saturated fat 7g

Carbohydrates 40g

–Sugars 23g

Dietary fibre 14g

Sodium 470mg

Calcium 280mg

Iron 4mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.