Minty carrot, pistachio & feta salad

Minty carrot, pistachio & feta salad

A vegetarian side salad with cumin-roasted carrots, chickpeas, mint, nuts, spinach and salty cheese - great with Moroccan food

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus chilling
Freezable

Gluten-free

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip 1 tbsp of the oil, the carrots, chickpeas and cumin onto a baking tray, season and toss to coat. Roast for 30 mins or until the carrots are tender.
  2. Mix together the lemon juice, honey and remaining oil, then pour all over the roasted carrots and chickpeas. Leave to cool. You can chill the salad at this stage, for up to 1 day; just bring it out of the fridge 1 hr before serving.
  3. Mix through the mint, spinach leaves and pistachios, and check the seasoning. Scatter the feta over and drizzle with a little extra oil.

PER SERVING

307 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 6g, sugar 10g, salt 1.6 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013.

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  • 03 January 2013

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this twice, both times without the feta, second time used sweet potatoes as well as carrots, it's really good. Went very well as part of the Moroccan feast in Good Food mag Jan 2013. Dusted the cumin over using tea strainer/sm sieve to get even coating.

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  • 19 March 2013

    jones1 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious. Such an unusual texture. Would never normal have food that crunchy but loved it.

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  • 19 April 2013

    harmonybunny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really delicious, added sweet potatoes as well as the carrots, it was lovely. Definitely do again!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus chilling
Freezable

Gluten-free

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil , plus a little extra for drizzling
  • 500g carrots , halved and cut into chunks
  • 400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • juice ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp clear honey
  • small bunch mint , chopped
  • 2 big handfuls spinach
  • 100g bag shelled pistachios , roughly chopped
  • 200g pack feta cheese , crumbled
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PER SERVING

307 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 6g, sugar 10g, salt 1.6 g

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