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Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 box lupini bean or chickpea pasta
  • 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes packed in olive oil
  • 2-3 Tbls. nutritional yeast
  • 1 Tbls. dried basil or Italian herbs
  • 3 Tbls. red wine vinegar
  • sprinkle sea salt
  • Optional sauce add-ins: kalamata olives, capers, walnuts
  • 1-2 Tbls. olive oil
  • 4 cups kale or spinach
  • 1 shallot, diced
  • 1 cup mushrooms, diced
  • Topping: shredded parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. Cook pasta. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
  2. Prepare sauce. In a food processor, pulse sun-dried tomatoes (with oil they were packed in), nutritional yeast, basil, salt, vinegar and optional add-ins. If too thick to be a sauce, add more oil or vinegar.
  3. Saute. Saute kale, mushrooms and shallot in olive oil until everything is softened.
  4. Mix. Mix cooked pasta, sauteed veggies and sauce together. Top with parmesan.

Notes

  • We used Kaizen Lupini Pasta, but Banza and Brami are great too! The pasta gives a lot of protein for one meal, but feel free to serve this alongside a protein option for additional protein.
  • Feta is another great topper, as well as fresh basil.