So what makes the perfect packed lunch?

These days I usually eat whatever I’m shooting for lunch, but for years I took a packed lunch to work, so consider myself a bit of an expert packed lunch-er.

Some of my favourite things to take were soup, leftovers, or big substantial salad like this roast veg, chickpea & rice salad with tahini dressing and toasted seeds.

First, for the base, we’ve used brown rice and chickpeas for a nutritious and substantial base, but any of the following are great; quinoa, beans, pasta, Lentils.

Then lots of delicious roast veg, courgette, and aubergine here, but you can mix it up with any veg you have in the house. I really love red peppers, cauliflower, and broccoli.

And of course you need a dressing, and my tahini dressing makes everything delicious.

And finally, the all important crunch which completely transforms a salad. Delicious toasted seeds, which should be toasted, the flavour is so much better!

I hope you enjoy this amazing lunch recipe, love Niki xx