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Chickpea Rainbow Salad with Maple Mustard Dressing
Sometimes all you need is a delicious salad loaded with vitamins to reset your week. Toss full-of-fibre chickpeas with sweet maple and tangy mustard in this rainbow bowl. Juicy tomatoes, creamy avo and sweetcorn join the party. Finish with chopped hazelnuts for crunch.
Ready in 20
2/3 daily fibre
5 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard (Mustard) (wholegrain mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, mustard flour, mustard bran, pimento), spirit vinegar, water)
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast (Dried Inactive Yeast, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Thiamine, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12.)
- 10g hazelnuts (Nuts)
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 1 avocado
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 230g chickpeas (Chickpeas, water, salt)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 1 carrot
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 2 tsp garlic paste (Garlic, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 613
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 33g
Fat: 36g
Ingredients
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes (use half)
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli (use half)
- 140g sweetcorn (use half) (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 10g hazelnuts (use half) (Nuts)
- 1 avocado (use half)
- 1 carrot (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 2 tsp garlic paste (use half) (Garlic, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (use half)
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard (use half) (Mustard) (wholegrain mustard (water, mustard seeds, spirit vinegar, mustard flour, mustard bran, pimento), spirit vinegar, water)
- 230g chickpeas (use half) (Chickpeas, water, salt)
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast (use half) (Dried Inactive Yeast, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Thiamine, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 613
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 33g
Fat: 36g
Chickpea Rainbow Salad with Maple Mustard Dressing
Sometimes all you need is a delicious salad loaded with vitamins to reset your week. Toss full-of-fibre chickpeas with sweet maple and tangy mustard in this rainbow bowl. Juicy tomatoes, creamy avo and sweetcorn join the party. Finish with chopped hazelnuts for crunch.
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Cooking Instructions
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Trim the broccoli. Heat a large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Add the chickpeas, garlic paste and chilli flakes (to taste). Cook for 2 mins, then add the broccoli. Cook for 3-4 mins, until softening. Season with a pinch of sea salt.
- Meanwhile, make the dressing; halve the lemon. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mustard, maple syrup, juice from half the lemon (to taste) and nutritional yeast.
- Prep the veg; coarsely grate the carrot. Halve the tomatoes. Drain the sweetcorn. Add all the veg to the dressing bowl. Once cooked, add the chickpeas and broccoli to the bowl and mix everything together with 2 tbsp olive oil. Season to taste.
- Dice the avocado into 2cm cubes and roughly chop the hazelnuts for garnish.
- Serve the salad on plates. Garnish with the hazelnuts, avocado and the remaining lemon, cut into wedges.
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