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chickpea salad

Add a portion of this chickpea salad to your lunchbox and ditch the disappointing sandwiches. With feta, spinach and roasted peppers, it's got tons of flavour and keeps well. Add some nice bread to soak up the dressing if you wish.

Ingredients

    • 400g/14oz tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
    • 4 ripe tomatoes, chopped
    • 2 large roasted peppers, chopped
    • 2 large handfuls spinach (about 100g/3½oz)
    • 160g/5¾oz feta cheese
    • handful fresh basil
    • 2 tbsp olive oil
    • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
    • ½ lime, juice only

Directions

  1. Combine the chickpeas, tomatoes, roasted peppers and spinach in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle over the feta and basil leaves.
  2. For the dressing, whisk the olive oil, cider vinegar and lime juice together in a small bowl.
  3. Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss the salad.