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Fearne's Halloumi, Chickpea & Tahini Orange Salad
This roasted vegetable salad co-created with Fearne Cotton is the perfect way to kick-start your year. More than just vegetables, this vibrant plate of grilled halloumi, beetroot & carrot is also packed full of fibre-boosting chickpeas and seasonal, zingy orange segments. Finish with a tahini and orange dressing, and a garnish of flaked almonds to really bring everything together and on your table in 15 minutes.
Ready in 20
1/3 daily fibre
5 of 5 a day
Serving size
Ingredients
- 10g flaked almonds (Nuts)
- 40g rocket
- 250g halloumi (use half) (Milk) (cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, salt, dried mint, microbial rennet.)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
- 1 garlic clove
- 250g pre-cooked beetroot
- 2 carrot
- 1 chilli
- 1 orange
- 230g chickpeas (Chickpeas, water, salt)
- 2 tbsp tahini (Sesame)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 766
Protein: 36g
Carbs: 30g
Fat: 46g
Ingredients
- 250g pre-cooked beetroot (use half)
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 2 tbsp tahini (use half) (Sesame)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley (use half)
- 1 garlic clove (use half)
- 230g chickpeas (use half) (Chickpeas, water, salt)
- 40g rocket (use half)
- 1 orange (use half)
- 10g flaked almonds (use half) (Nuts)
- 250g halloumi (use a quarter) (Milk) (cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, salt, dried mint, microbial rennet.)
- 2 carrot
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 817
Protein: 37g
Carbs: 41g
Fat: 47g
Fearne's Halloumi, Chickpea & Tahini Orange Salad
This roasted vegetable salad co-created with Fearne Cotton is the perfect way to kick-start your year. More than just vegetables, this vibrant plate of grilled halloumi, beetroot & carrot is also packed full of fibre-boosting chickpeas and seasonal, zingy orange segments. Finish with a tahini and orange dressing, and a garnish of flaked almonds to really bring everything together and on your table in 15 minutes.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Turn the grill to high (240C)
- Line a large baking tray lined with silver foil
- Pull out a large mixing bowl, a sieve & a grater
Grill the veg & halloumi
- Cut the carrots into 1/2cm disks. Cut each beetroot into 6 wedges
- Slice the half-pack of halloumi into bite-sized pieces and pat dry with kitchen paper
- Place all on the large baking tray and toss with 1 tsp of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper
- Grill for 10-12 mins, until golden
Dressing time
- Meanwhile, finely chop the parsley. Finely chop or grate the garlic
- Peel and halve the orange. Cut one half into segments
- Squeeze the juice of the other orange half into the large mixing bowl. Add the tahini, garlic and yoghurt and mix well. Season with salt and pepper
Assemble the salad
- Drain the chickpeas. Deseed and thinly slice the chilli
- Allow the veg and halloumi to cool slightly, then add to the dressing bowl with the chickpeas, orange segments, rocket, parsley and 1 tbsp oil. Toss to coat in the dressing
Plate up
- Serve the salad into bowls. Scatter over the sliced chilli and flaked almonds
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