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Super Simple Pumpkin Chickpea Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This Super Simple Pumpkin and Chickpea Salad can be a meal in its own right. The chickpeas, seeds and goats cheese give a boost of protein, the avocado and adding a salad dressing adds good fats. Together, they make the salad more filling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • cut up a heap of pumpkin (any sort will do) into small cubes. (I had about 1\/4 of small jap pumpkin)<\/li>
  • 1-2 tbsp raw honey<\/li>
  • Olive or coconut oil<\/li>
  • Salt & Pepper to season<\/li>
  • a heap of salad greens (choose what your kids like and add a few they don’t – exposure is the name of the game)<\/li>
  • 1 x 400g can chickpeas drained<\/li>
  • 1 avocado, diced<\/li>
  • as much goats cheese as you want (you could also use feta if you prefer)<\/li>
  • good sprinkling of pumpkin seeds<\/li>
  • good sprinkling of sunflower seeds<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    (I serve this salad up without dressing because 1 of our kids doesn’t like dressing, plus it also means leftovers stay fresh enough to have the next day for lunch). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Method<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees<\/li>
    2. Lay your pumpkin cubes out on a baking tray<\/li>
    3. Drizzle a good glug of oil over them, then the honey and sprinkle \/ grind on salt and pepper. Shake the tray around to coat the pumpkin. This is a great activity to get the kids to use their hands to mix it around<\/li>
    4. Pop into the oven and bake for 20-30 mins until soft and a little browned\/black<\/li>
    5. Allow pumpkin to cool<\/li>
    6. Cut up your salad greens and place in a big bowl<\/li>
    7. Throw the pumpkin on top, then add chickpeas, avocado, goats cheese and the seeds<\/li>
    8. Toss lightly – another good activity for the kids (with clean hands) to turn salad around<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Serve salad. You can make a simple salad dressing by following the formula below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • 2 tbsp olive oil<\/li>
      • 1 tbsp of acidity ingredient – any sort of vinegar, lemon, grapefruit, lime<\/li>
      • you can add 1-2 tsp of another flavour – dijon mustard, seeded mustard, sugar<\/li>
      • shake all the ingredients in a jar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Mine and Rilien’s (our 10yo son) favourite dressing with this salad is olive oil, with apple cider vinegar and 1 tsp seeded mustard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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