Sweet Pepper & Mozzarella Salad
This salad is bursting with summer flavors! Roasted sweet peppers are an easy and delicious way to make this salad soar, paired with creamy mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and tangy feta. Crunchy chickpeas add protein to round it up to a full meal. You can have dinner on the table in 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 300 g (10 oz) mini sweet peppers, sliced in half and deseeded
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 4 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) lettuce or mixed salad leaves, chopped or torn
- 250 g (9 oz) cherry tomatoes, halved
- 50 g (⅓ cup) feta cheese, crumbled
- 125 g (4.5 oz) fresh mozzarella, sliced
- 10 green olives, sliced
- 4 Tbsp Italian dressing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 360F.
- Prepare the peppers. Slice them in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Place in a bowl and drizzle with two teaspoons of the olive oil (saving the other two for the chickpeas), balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper to taste.300 g mini sweet peppers, 4 tsp olive oil, 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- Prepare the chickpeas. Drain, rinse, and add to a bowl with two teaspoons of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.4 tsp olive oil, 1 can chickpeas
- Lay the prepared peppers and chickpeas on a baking tray (they can share a large baking tray, with one ingedient on each side) and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Grab a salad bowl and add in all your cold ingredients: the lettuce, tomatoes, feta, olives and herbs. (You can add the mozzarella now but I like to save it to add on top, at the very end)100 g lettuce or mixed salad leaves, 250 g cherry tomatoes, 50 g feta cheese, 10 green olives
- Once the peppers and chickpeas are done, remove from the oven.
- Add the peppers and chickpeas to the cold salad. Add the mozzarella on top.125 g fresh mozzarella
- Add dressing to taste and serve.4 Tbsp Italian dressing
Calories: 649kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 31g, Fat: 38g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g, Monounsaturated Fat: 14g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 72mg, Sodium: 1309mg, Potassium: 1094mg, Fiber: 13g, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 9656IU, Vitamin C: 227mg, Calcium: 548mg, Iron: 6mg