Chickpea Pasta with Lemony-Parsley Pesto

Chickpea Pasta with Lemony-Parsley Pesto Is Fresh and Zesty

Chickpea Pasta with Lemony-Parsley Pesto is a healthy chickpea pasta recipe combining roasted vegetables and a fresh lemon-parsley pesto for an appetizing meal.

Ingredients :-

• 1 and /4 cups chickpea penne or other penne pasta
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• ⅓ cup  olive oil
• 4 and 1/2 cups flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 and 1/2 cups roasted root vegetables

Method :-

• Cook pasta according to package directions and drain well.
• Mix parsley and garlic in a food processor until uniformly chopped. Add oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper and puree until just combined for a few seconds.
• Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium flame. Add vegetables and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Toss the hot pasta with the pesto, the vegetables and lemon zest. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.

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