Chickpea pasta in a creamy avocado and pine nut sauce

by Safeyah Dawray

Ingredients

  • 1 box Happy earth People chickpea pasta

Sauce:

  • 2 Avocados
  • ¼ cup pine nuts
  • 1 cup basil
  • 2 tsp crushed garlic
  • 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • Salt and pepper

 Garlic mushrooms:

  • 250g sliced mushrooms
  • 1 tsp crushed garlic
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp coconut oil

 Method

  • Place avocados, pine nuts, garlic, basil with a bit of salt & pepper in a blender Blend until finely chopped. Add 1 Tbsp of Olive oil at a time (blend, add, blend, add) till sauce is creamy.
  • For the mushrooms, melt coconut oil in pot, add the crushed garlic and mushrooms with some salt & pepper. Cook till mushrooms are soft and golden brown.
  • Cook chickpea pasta as per directions on the box. Drain the pasta and add to a pan. Gently stir in the sauce to heat through.  Once stirred through and heated, plate and top with the garlic mushrooms, sprinkled with a few pine nuts.
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