It takes four simple steps to make this delicious tomato pesto chickpea salad - suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Bursting with a range of delicious veggies including red onion, mixed peppers, cucumber, and olives, this vegan tomato pesto chickpea salad certainly counts towards one of your five-a-day. The chickpeas add a great source of protein to the mix and the sweet, yet rich tomato pesto sauce makes this dish extra flavoursome. Garnish with flat-leaf parsley and serve.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 3 mixed peppers, halved, de-seeded and roughly chopped
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 800g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 cucumber, sliced lengthways, de-seeded and sliced
- Handful mixed black and green olives
- 2 tbsp. capers
- 100g radishes, trimmed and quartered
- 250g mixed tomatoes - yellow, red and orange - halved
- 1 jar Sacla' Vegan Tomato Pesto
- Handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
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Method
- Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan. Add the peppers to a roasting tin and toss with 1 tbsp. olive oil. Put in the oven for 15-20 mins until tender. Remove and set aside
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan, add onion and season well. Cook for 2 mins until soft and set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, add peppers, onion, chickpeas, cucumber, olives, capers, radish and tomatoes. Stir in the Sacla’ Vegan Tomato Pesto
- Stir though the parsley, season if needed and transfer to a serving bowl
Top tips for making vegan tomato pesto chickpea salad
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to two days.
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Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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