Chickpea & Artichoke Salad

October 12, 2014

After a weekend of hotdogs, snack platters in addition to mock-chorizo breakfast sandwiches, I was inwards a salad frame of heed on Lord's Day night. This ane takes inspiration from a chickpea in addition to artichoke salad posted on Vegan inwards Melbourne in addition to the fried capers inwards vegan parmesan.

This is a fine low-cal dinner, amongst enough of poly peptide from the chickpeas in addition to almonds. The artichoke hearts are fleshy in addition to juicy, the garlic in addition to vegan parmesan laid a savoury tone, in addition to the capers in addition to lemon juice add together a sour edge. It was quick to cobble together in addition to a pleasance to gobble down, leaving us amongst enough of fourth dimension to wheel to Fitzroy for a Dan Kelly gig, therefore squeezing every concluding instant from the weekend.

Chickpea & artichoke salad
(slightly adapted from a recipe on Vegan inwards Melbourne,
amongst added inspiration from Smith & Daughters)

1-2 tablespoons olive crude
ii cans chickpeas, drained in addition to rinsed
340g jounce marinated artichoke hearts, drained in addition to quartered
ii tablespoons capers
1 clove garlic, minced
iii cups mixed dark-green leaves
juice of a pocket-size lemon
common salt in addition to pepper to taste
3/4 loving cup roasted almonds, unopen to chopped
1/3 loving cup vegan parmesan (optional)

Place a large frypan over medium-high heat; pour inwards a tablespoon of the olive crude in addition to add together the chickpeas. Cook them for 5-10 minutes, stirring them solely occasionally, until they showtime to coloring upwards a little. Remove the chickpeas from the pan in addition to laid them aside.

Return the frypan to the heat. If the artichoke hearts are marinated inwards oil, pour a tablespoon of it into the pan; otherwise role to a greater extent than olive oil. Add the artichoke hearts in addition to capers, in addition to don't disturb them likewise much - it's skillful to larn a few golden frying marks on them. Add the garlic in addition to gear upwards for a farther minute, so plough off the heat.

In a large serving bowl, toss together the dark-green leaves, chickpeas in addition to artichoke mixture. crush over the lemon juice in addition to add together common salt in addition to pepper to your liking. Scatter over the roasted almonds in addition to the vegan parmesan, if you're using it. Dig in.