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Pesto chickpea pasta salad
Pesto chickpea pasta salad. Ingredients, step-by-step method and estimated nutrition per serving. Save your food plans in My Timber.
Ingredients
- 140g chickpeas, drained
- 75g wholewheat pasta, dry
- 60g cherry tomatoes
- 60g rocket
- 40g tomato pesto
Equipment
- hob
- non-stick frying pan
- knife
- chopping board
- spatula
- kitchen scales
- saucepan
- colander
- bowl
- spoon
- heatproof mug
Method
- Cook the measured dry pasta in boiling water for its packet time. Save a mug of the cooking water before draining.
- Use ready-cooked canned or pouched chickpeas, drained, drained before weighing. Rinse canned pulses if appropriate. Dry pulses cannot be substituted directly.
- Wash and chop the vegetables. Drain canned sweetcorn or pulses. Mix the measured dressing, oil and flavourings; use ready-to-eat condiments or cook and safely cool a sauce that requires it.
- For immediate serving, combine the cooked grain or pasta with the filling and dressing and eat now. For a packed lunch, cool the starch promptly before combining with chilled fillings and vegetables. Keep the meal chilled until eating; the original cooking clock is not restarted.
Estimated nutrition
| Energy | 578.2 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 26 g |
| Carbohydrate | 81.4 g |
| Fat | 18.9 g |
| Fibre | 21.8 g |
| Saturates | 2.7 g |
Estimated per-serving nutrition. Ingredient weights multiplied by CoFID 2021 or explicitly named UK product-label values, preserving missing values; traces treated as zero. Declared product/cooked-state proxies remain estimates. AI author calculation, not independent human, clinical or physical cooking validation.
Allergens and product labels
- gluten
- milk
- nuts
- wheat/gluten
Food safety and storage
- Check every bought ingredient label for allergens, use-by dates and cooking instructions. Recipe tags are not an allergy-suitability guarantee.
- Wash hands, utensils and surfaces. Wash produce unless labelled ready washed; keep raw meat and fish separate from ready-to-eat food.
- Cool in shallow portions and refrigerate within 2 hours at 0–5°C. Eat within 48 hours of original cooking or freeze promptly; any shorter ingredient deadline governs.
- Freeze cooled portions promptly in labelled suitable containers. Defrost completely in the fridge.
- Reheat once until steaming hot throughout. Stir and check the centre; eat immediately.
Author estimates, not physical cooking trials. Packet instructions and safe doneness govern; larger batches need longer.