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This is so simple for mid-week and the colours are just fab! Healthy too and generous portions.

Roast onion, chickpea & halloumi salad – serves 2

• 2 red onions, peeled and each cut into 8 wedges
• 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 tsp ras el hanout
• extra virgin olive oil
• 250g cooked Puy lentils – we used a tin but you can of course cook them yourself or buy one of those pouches
• 100g roasted red peppers, cut into strips
• a large handful of mint leaves, finely chopped
• a large handful of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tsp pomegranate molasses
• 250g packet of halloumi, sliced
• 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/Gas 7.

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Spread the onion wedges and chickpeas over the tray, then sprinkle with the ras el hanout and some salt and rub gently to coat, then drizzle with oil. Cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the chickpeas or golden and crunchy.

Meanwhile, mix the lentils, roast peppers, mint and half the chopped parsley in a bowl. Drizzle over 1 tbsp of oil and the pomegranate molasses and season well with salt and pepper. Mix well and divide between serving plates.

Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. When hot, add a little oil, then fry the halloumi slices for a couple of minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Spoon the onions and chickpeas over the lentils, then top with the halloumi and scatter over the pomegranate seeds and parsley to serve.

(Original recipe from Lose Weight & Get Fit by Tom Kerridge, Bloomsbury Absolute, 2019.)