Tuscan Style Bread Salad

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

100g/4oz ciabatta bread

90ml/6tbsp olive oil

450g/1lb ripe tomatoes

1 small yellow pepper, deseeded

1 small orange pepper, deseeded

1 small red onion, finely shredded

150g/5oz pitted black olives, drained

45ml/3 tbsp white balsamic vinegar

A handful of fresh basil leaves, shredded

225g/8oz Sweet Romaine lettuce, trimmed

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/400F/Gs Mark 6. Tear the bread into bite seized pieces and place in a roasting tin. Drizzle over half the oil and toss to coat the bread. Bake for 15-20mins or until the bread is golden and crunchy.
Cut the tomatoes and peppers into bite seized chinks and place in a large bowl. Add the onion, olives, remaining oil, vinegar and basil. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper then toss together with the bread. Leave to stand for 5 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse.
Finally tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces, add to the bowl and toss until well mixed.

Serve straight away.

306g Calories

4.9g Protein

22.2g Fat (of which 3.0 is saturated fat)

23.0g Carbohydrate

4.5g Fibre

0.73g Salt