Roasted Pepper, Chickpea and Cheese Salad
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 large bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, etc.)
- 1 large sweet onion, like vidalia onions, thickly sliced
- 1 (14 ounce) can chickpeas, drained (garbanzo beans)
- 6 ounces monterey jack cheese, cut into small cubes
- diced tomato, somewhat drained
- olive oil flavored cooking spray (like Pam)
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Holding peppers upright vertically cut off the sides (avoiding the seeds) so you have 4 flat panels from each pepper.
- Place pepper panels and onion slices in a casserole dish sprayed with cooking spray. Spray vegetables as well.
- Bake in oven until soft, about 1 hour. Remove and let cool enough to handle.
- Roughly chop the cooled peppers and onions and combine in a bowl with chickpeas, tomatoes and cheese. Stir.
- Pour the olive oil and lemon juice over the pepper-chick pea mixture; mix well. Add dash of cayenne and salt to taste. Mix well again.
- Serve at room temperature.
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