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9th November 2016 Dinner

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Chickpea, sweet potato, feta and Quinoa salad

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Chickpea, sweet potato, feta and Quinoa salad is a salad that i have often because it doesn’t feel like a salad. That’s a win win situation if you ask me. All the benefits of a salad but without all the calories. I love that is is so hearty, filling and subtly flavoured. Some times i don’t want overpowering, ‘hey look at me’ flavours. Sometimes I want texture, simplicity and fresh flavours. Sometimes I like it when every ingredient sings and stands firm, rather then being forced out of the equation altogether by strong, in your face flavours. 

Chickpea,sweet potato, feta and quinoa salad in a square plate on table


So yesterday, i went to a lovely little place in Leicester. I love most coffee shops/tea rooms and am currently working on compiling a list of my favourites. (Yay more days out for me!). I prefer them to restaurants or takeaways any day. Anyway, they were serving some vegan treats by V:GD. This is a company that specialise in vegan desserts that are free from Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Soy and Refined Sugars. I tried their cookie dough pops and they were delicious. Even my little boy liked them and that is a really big deal for me because I want to cut down on the amount of refined sugar in the kids diet. If my kids likes a treat that isn’t full of hidden nasties, then I will choose that over and over again rather then giving them some chocolate buttons.

So, this salad is one i started to make when we decided to cut down on our meat intake and i love it. It is delicious served as a side dish yet substantial enough to be eaten alone. Adding a griddled aubergine to it would add another delicious smoky dimension altogether. It is also great served  with hummus and toasted pitta chips. Happy days!

 Enjoy!

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Chickpea, sweet potato, feta and Quinoa salad

Toasted chickpeas, roast sweet potato, feta and Quinoa salad.
Course Salad
Servings 2
Author Tiffinandteaofficial

Ingredients

Chickpeas

  • 400 g chickpea tin drained
  • 4 garlic cloves in the skins
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp oil

Sweet potato

  • 1 large sweet potato peeled and cubed into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 tsp garlic granules
  • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp tahini paste
  • 2 tbsp juice of a lemon
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp paprika powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Salad

  • 1 small red onion diced
  • 1/2 cucumber cubed
  • 1 carrot skin removed and peeled into ribbons
  • 100 g baby plum tomatoes diced
  • 2 tbsp pickled cabbage
  • 60 g feta crumbled
  • 60 g Quinoa
  • Handful parsley chopped

Instructions

Chickpeas

  1. Preheat oven to gas mark 6.
  2. Add chickpeas to a bowl and toss with oil, cumin, coriander and smoked paprika powders.
  3. Add garlic cloves and chickpeas to an oven tray.
  4. Drizzle the garlic with a bit of olive oil. (Now prepare the sweet potatoes so they can go into the oven at the same time following the instructions for sweet potato below).
  5. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the chickpeas are golden brown and very slightly crispy. Add the salt and pepper whilst still hot.
  6. The garlic should be fragrant and slightly browned. Remove from oven and set aside.
  7. Squeeze garlic out of skins once cool and mash as much as possible.
  8. Add it to the chickpeas. Toss through with your hands.

Roast sweet Potato

  1. Put the cubed sweet potatoes in a large bowl and drizzle with oil + melted butter. Add the parmesan, garlic granules, brown sugar, cumin, smoked paprika and salt and pepper, making sure everything is evenly combined.
  2. Spread the sweet potato in one layer. Bake for 25 minutes, then turn them and bake for 10 minutes more at gas mark 4.

Sauce

  1. Combine the ingredients for the sauce. You may need to add more water to thin the sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Salad

  1. Cook the Quinoa according to packet instructions and add half a vegetable stock cube to the water. Once done, separate with a fork and set aside.
  2. Combine all the ingredients for the salad in a bowl and add the Quinoa to it.

Assemble.

  1. Add the salad to the bottom of a dish.
  2. Top with the sweet potato and chickpeas.
  3. Drizzle some sauce over the top.
  4. Serve with Hummus and toasted pitta chips.

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