Giada De Laurentiis’ Fregola Salad with Olive Relish & Chickpeas

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Giada De Laurentiis’ Fregola Salad with Olive Relish & Chickpeas

We’ve come a long way since “pasta salad” meant elbow macaroni drowning in mayo, but even so, most pasta salads are more pasta than salad and, more often than not, too soggy and bland for my taste. I like to make mine with a small pasta shape, like orzo or, as here, fregola, a small Sardinian pasta similar to an Israeli couscous (a good substitute if you can’t find fregola). This is a fairly straightforward salad, with some chickpeas for protein…