It can be hard to make salad taste good at the best of times. That’s why it’s so important to have a good list of healthy go-to salad dressings and exciting food combos.

This buffalo chickpea salad recipe is without a doubt one of my favourite salads.

Ever since creating it a few months ago, it is definitely up there in my Top 5 of salad dishes. It has everything you want a salad to be – cool, crunchy, warm, spicy, creamy, nourishing, filling…the list goes on!

Eat it on its own as a meal, or serve it as a side dish. I love to have this salad as a meal, with some gooey, caramelised sweet potato wedges on the side. Yum yum.

You could also serve the creamy dill ranch dressing with other things too – on veggie burgers; with fries; as part of a sandwich. The possibilities are endless!

And as for the crispy buffalo chickpeas, don’t get me started. You’ll find yourself wanting to make them all the time, whilst the buffalo seasoning mix itself could actually be used on just about anything – from tofu to tempeh to jackfruit.