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Smoked Chicken & Roast Pumpkin Salad

This protein-rich salad is equal parts sweet, crunchy and nutty (and it's delicious!).

Serves 2 | Prep  10 mins | Cooks in  40 mins


Ingredients

  • 100g pumpkin

  • 2 tsp olive oil

  • 1 tsp ground cumin

  • salt & pepper, to taste

  • 2 tsp pine nuts

  • 100g mixed lettuce, rinsed

  • 150g smoked chicken fillets, thinly sliced

  • 1/2 green capsicum, seeds & veins removed, then thinly sliced

  • 60g baby bocconcini, cut in quarters

  • Dressing

  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil

  • 2 tsp lemon juice

  • 1 lemon, zested

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Wash pumpkin and, leaving skin on, cut into 3cm pieces. Drizzle over oil, dust with cumin, salt and pepper and combine. Place on a paper-lined baking tray and bake for 30-35 minutes or until almost cooked and beginning to brown.

2. Add pine nuts at one end of the pan and bake for another 5-8 minutes or until they have started to brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

3. Combine dressing ingredients with 2 tsp water.

4. Divide lettuce between two bowls, add smoked chicken, capsicum, pumpkin, pine nuts and bocconcini. Drizzle over dressing just before serving.

Nutritional information per serve

  • Energy: 1295.6kj

  • Protein: 22.9g

  • Carbs: 6.7g

  • Fibre: 3.6g

  • Sat. Fat: 6.1g

  • Fat: 20.1g

  • Calories: 309.8cal

  • Sugar: 4.9g