Chickpea Pasta with Pea & Basil Pesto

CHICKPEA PASTA WITH PEA & BASIL PESTO

With just over 22g of protein per serving this is an epic dinner and makes my tummy so happy.

Serves 2

Cooks in 20 Minutes

Ingredients

  • 160g dry chickpea pasta
  • 100g thawed garden peas
  • 2 (10-12 pieces) handfuls semi sundried tomatoes chopped

 

Pesto 

  • 3 cups of handfuls basil leaves (after you’ve removed the stalks)
  • 100g toasted almonds
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • 3-4 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 3 cloves of garlic crushed
  • juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 100g frozen garden peas (thawed for 4-5 mins in hot water) – drain really well


Method

  1. Blend until smoothish – there will be some chunks from almonds!
  2. Serve up the pasta in 2 bowls.
  3. Add 1-2 tbsp pesto and stir in.
  4. Divide up the tomatoes and the other thawed peas.
  5. Sprinkle of hemp seeds on top!