Having a bit of a “fat day” today, and this salad sticks to the more indulgent theme, but there’s some green in there too. The creamy tahini dressing and juices from the smokey roasted courgettes soak into the croutons. For the level of flavour, it doesn’t really have that many ingredients. I made a salad very much like this a few days ago for a beach meet up, and everyone was rather taken by it! So I thought I would remake it, with a few tweaks and share it with you lovely peeps! Enjoy, and see you at the Virtual Vegan Potluck on Saturday 🙂
Ingredients:
1 head romaine lettuce, torn into bite sized pieces
1 tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 courgette, sliced into thin half moons
olive oil
2 or more tbsp smoked paprika
a generous pinch of salt and freshly cracked black pepper
a few handfuls of croutons, homemade or store brought
Dressing:
3 tbsp tahini
2 tsp lemon juice
water, as needed
Method:
Toss the sliced courgette in a bowl with a pinch of salt and cracked black pepper, drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil and toss into an oven proof dish, sprinkle over generous amounts of smoked paprika, roast in a preheated oven at 200c/400f for 15-20 minutes. Grab a big bowl, and chuck in your lettuce, spoon over the roasted courgette, the drained chickpeas and add a good handful of croutons. Whisk the dressing ingredients together, adding water as needed to get a good consistency. Pour over the salad and sprinkle with extra smoked paprika.
this looks absolutely amazing – I want to crunch those croutons!
I always add more croutons than a normal person… more went on after the photos, HA! 🙂
You’re idea of a fat day is not the same as my idea of a fat day. This looks awesome though!
Had a lot of other food, this is me pretending to be good…there was a loaf of bread that got eaten and many ales in the evening (sssh tell no one!)
Yum! Do you think it would work with no tahini? Any ideas for a dressing replacement that would work?
You could try cashew nut butter, or another nut butter I guess, Maybe try the vegan mayo i this post but with herb like chives? Its a very “fluid” mayo and would drizzle well! 🙂 https://invegetableswetrust.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/chickpea-patties-and-quick-n-cheap-vegan-mayo/
Oh that looks GOOD!
See you on Saturday 🙂
Thank you! See you then! (its gonna be awesome!)
🙂 Can’t wait!
I’m loving your recipes – however, I’m assuming that 2 or more Tbs of paprika for 1 courgette was a typo! It would take your head off! I guess it should have said tsp!
Its smoked paprika, and mines not overly spicy, it just give everything a smokey “bacon” flavour without the… well…. bacon!
Looks delicious! I love chickpeas and will definitely try this soon…by making gluten-free croutons (no gluten for me, boooo). Thanks for such a great/simple recipe idea!
Croutons are always yummy, gluten free or not! Hope you enjoy the recipe 🙂
Can’t wait to see your entry Alex, I am already salivating over it! 😉 I actually entered this year as well…I now have an INCREDIBLE amount of respect for you food bloggers…you really go to all that trouble on a regular basis?! I can’t work out whether you are type A perfectionists or just masochists 😉
I’m just a very hungry person! I’m at the top of the list *shakes with nerves* Carn’t wait to see what you bring! Great to have friends in the potluck! 😀
Don’t worry…it will be a damned hard act to follow you ANYWHERE in the potluck ;). Starting with the best is going to make it a whole lot harder after that! 🙂
Haha! *blushes*
Very nice! As I’m gluten free, I removed the croutons and added tomatoes to bring a bit of color. Perfect for a healthy whole meal.