# MUSCLE BUILDING GREEN CHICKPEAS

This is a 30-minute meal with over 30g of protein, featuring chickpeas in a spinach pesto-like sauce with swirls of tofu cream cheese and roasted tamari mushrooms.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g oyster and shiitake mushrooms
- 2 tbsp tamari
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 white onion, finely chopped
- 1 bunch asparagus, stems finely chopped, spears sliced in half (lengthways)
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 700 g chickpeas
- 1 tbsp sweet white miso paste
- 0.5 lemon juice
- 300 g blanched spinach
- 35 g blanched basil
- 35 g nooch
- 1 tsp vegan stock powder
- 100 ml water
- 150 g firm plain tofu, pressed with a tea towel to drain off excess water
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 tbsp sweet white miso paste
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp nooch
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 few twists black pepper
- 40 ml water
- pink pickled onions
- red chilli
- fresh herbs

## Instructions

1. Start by roasting the mushrooms. Add olive oil and tamari to the mushrooms and mix.
2. Chuck them in the oven for 15 minutes.
3. Add olive oil to a pan.
4. Cook down some aromatics like finely chopped white onion.
5. Add seasonal vegetables like asparagus, chopped into small pieces.
6. Add chickpeas to the pan with the cooked aromatics and asparagus.
7. Whip up the tofu cream cheese sauce and the spinach pesto sauce.
8. Add the spinach pesto sauce to the chickpeas.
9. Combine the ingredients in the pan.
10. Serve the dish topped with swirls of tofu cream cheese and roasted tamari mushrooms.

## Equipment

- oven
- pan
- knife
- cutting board
- spoon
- blender

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Jrxn5oRpN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7942cbcc-09f9-4c00-9047-82e59d023e8f
- Extracted: 2025-09-23

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