Okay so if you follow me on Amino Vegan app and you’ve read my blog on my quesadillas/soft shell tacos like I said I had left over chickpeas and spinach. I, being not so wealthy do not like to waste anything so today I created my very own recipe!!!
Like I’ve stated before I love tofu and spinach so of course this recipe will include those two ingredients. I haven’t had Alfredo pasta in a while and I just couldn’t find a single recipe that didn’t use cashews because they are sooo expensive here. So I thought maybe I can make something out of these left over chickpeas! I took a deep breath, the leap of faith, went for it and it was mmm delicious!! I call this recipe… Creamy Chickpea “Alfredo” So without further ado here is the Recipe!!
Prep time / Cook time: Basically all depends on your pace.
Just remember taking your time is not a bad thing
It just means you are very thorough and want it to come out perfect.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup mashed chickpeas (thats all I had from my left overs)
- 1/4 block of 16 oz. tofu ( all I had left was firm but soft tofu is recommended)
- 1/3 cup 2x Almond milk (regular is recommended vanilla would make it taste funny)
- 1 Tsp salt
- 1/2 Tsp pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp Garlic powder
- 1/2 Tbsp onion powder
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast (optional)
- 1/3 cup spinach
- Thin whole wheat Spaghetti
Directions:
First Boil a pot of water and stick your pasta in to cook. Then add a dash of salt and give it a nice stir. Stir it every 3-5 min so that it wont get stuck to the bottom or the sides of the pot.
Then take the chickpeas, tofu and 1/3 cup original almond milk put it in a blender and puree it. The reason why I said 1/3 cup 2x was because the sauce was still too thick so I added another 1/3 cup to the mix. But if you like it super thick then just 1/3 cup is fine. Add 1 Tsp salt, 1/2 Tsp pepper, 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder, 1/2 Tbsp onion powder, and finally 1/3 cup nutritional yeast (which is optional) puree it until it is smooth like butter and then pour it into a pot and heat it up.
Put in 1/3 cup of spinach into the pot with the sauce you have just created and mix well. (you can add more spinach if you like)
Check on your pasta and taste test one. If it is nice, soft, and tender then it is ready to eat.
Put your pasta and sauce on a plate this is optional but you can garnish it with a little more spinach if you like. Then bon appetit!
My husband (non vegan) gave it a thumbs up!!
Remember though if you have to add more of any ingredient just go for it! make it your own. You are the one eating it of course so make it to your taste if you think it needs something go ahead and add it. 🙂
Have a nice day everyone!
Happy Kandi 