Chickpea Pesto Sandwich - 3 Guiding Stars
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This pesto-chickpea salad takes minutes to make and the flavor will utterly knock your socks off. Serve it with any Guiding Stars-earning bread or pita pocket, or eat it alone as a snack.

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 oz.) can no-salt-added chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 avocado, remove peel and pit
  • 2 Tbsp. sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ½ cup baby spinach
  • ½ cup plain, non-fat Greek yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp. tahini
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • 4 slices whole-wheat bread

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients except for bread in a food processor and process until the desired texture is reached.
  2. Divide spread evenly across two pieces of bread and top with the remaining bread.
Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 610; Total Fat 24.5g (31% Daily Value); Saturated Fat 3.5g (18% DV); Trans Fat 0g; Cholesterol 3mg (2% DV); Sodium 460mg (20% DV); Total Carbohydrate 76g (28% DV); Dietary Fiber 21g (75% DV); Total Sugars 13g; Includes 2g Added Sugars (4% DV); Protein 28g; Vitamin D 0% DV; Calcium 20% DV; Iron 40% DV; Potassium 25% DV; Molybdenum 210% DV; Manganese 130% DV; Copper 110% DV.
Recipe by Guiding Stars at https://guidingstars.com/recipes/chickpea-pesto-sandwich/
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