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Simple Smashed Chickpeas with Rosemary and Olive Oil
This smashed chickpeas with rosemary and olive oil is one of the easiest lunches, or snacks to whip up, and it’s now one of my weekly go-to lunches.
It take 5 minutes to make and requires only 3 simple ingredients, chickpeas, rosemary and EVOO. It’s a great panty staple lunch too, as I always have frozen slices of Melissa’s bread, canned chickpeas, rosemary in my garden, and of course EVOO. This is a great lunch for those days when I get back from a trip, or just want a quick & easy and tasty meatless lunch. I love pairing this salad with a smashed avocado for some extra fiber and healthy fats.
Steve commented that this looks like an egg salad sandwich, so think of it as a vegan egg salad.
Simple Smashed Chickpeas with Rosemary and Olive Oil
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minutesIt take 5 minutes to make and requires only 3 simple ingredients, chickpeas, rosemary and EVOO. It's a great panty staple lunch too, as I always have frozen slices of Melissa's bread, canned chickpeas, rosemary in my garden, and of course EVOO. This is a great lunch for those days when I get back from a trip, or just want a quick & easy and tasty meatless lunch. I love pairing this salad with a smashed avocado for some extra fiber and healthy fats.
Ingredients
1/2 cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed, I love Eden Organics, as they're soaked overnight and then pressure cooked with kombu, so they're easier to digest.
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped - I don’t usually measure this, so if you love rosemary, then put in as much as you want
Roughly 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus more to drizzle
Pinch or two Celtic sea salt or pink Himalayan sea salt - I love Celtic sea salt, as it's unrefined – rich in minerals, magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc, plus other essential minerals our bodies need – natural source of balanced electrolytes.
2 slices bread, well toasted – I love Melissa’s homestead loaf, as well as my GF vegan bread. Both breads are vegan, gluten-free, high in fiber, healthy fats and protein to boot! Use code MMCOOKS10 to save 10% on an on-line order of Melissa’s bread. If you live local, you can get her bread at both Good Earth stores.
Directions
Add the chickpeas, chopped rosemary and olive oil to a small bowl and lightly mash the chickpeas with a fork for texture, while also mixing in the rosemary and olive oil. You can mash them down as much as you want, but I like having some broken down and some left whole. It’s totally up to you. I've also used a mortar & pestle to mash these bad boys down.
The key to this chickpea mash is the bread you top it on, you can’t just use plain old bread, you need a bread with texture, crunch and depth. I love using my GF vegan bread, as well as Melissa’s homestead loaf. Both breads are vegan, gluten-free, high in fiber, healthy fats and protein to boot. I make sure to toast each slice at least 2, if not 3 times in the toaster to get that crunch.
You could mash this down more and turn it into an appetizer. Keep the chickpea mash in a bowl and spread it on a seeded cracker.
Place the chickpea mash on each slice of toasted bread, you may have to smash and mold it a bit with a fork to fit on the bread. I also love to smash half of an avocado on the bread first, and then top it with the chickpea mash.
Sprinkle each slice with a pinch of Celtic sea salt, and then drizzle each slice with some extra virgin olive oil. The olive oil drizzle is key here, as it gives this mash some depth. I also love rubbing the bread in the leftover olive oil.
Want to skip the bread? This chickpea mash also tastes great paired with sautéed kale. To make sautéed kale, heat up a skillet over medium low heat, add some avocado oil, some torn de-stemmed kale leaves. Sautée the kale until wilted down. Sprinkle some Celtic or Pink Himalayan sea salt over the kale and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Add the chickpea mash to the kale, and you have yourself an amazing warm salad.
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This easy dairy free tzatziki is the lazy man’s way to make tzatziki. There’s no peeling, grating or squeezing the cucumber, all you do is dice it into small pieces. We even broke the rules even further by adding a bit of diced red onion to give it a favor kick. I love the chunky consistency of this tzatziki, and I find it works well with dairy free yogurt because it has a thinner consistency than regular yogurt.
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Ingredients:
• 1 cup unsweetened dairy free yogurt – I love @cocojune_organic
• 1 cup diced English cucumber, small dice – roughly half of a large cucumber, if you’re going to use a regular cucumber, then I would cut the seeds out
• 1 /4 cup diced red onion, small dice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan Sea salt, or fine Celtic sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Directions:
In a medium bowl, add the yogurt, cucumber, red onion, dill, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Blend all the ingredients together well, give it a taste and feel free to add more salt or dill to taste. You could also add some freshly chopped mint for an extra kick. If not using right away, store in the fridge in a glass container with a lid. Yep, that’s all there is to it!
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Ingredients:
• 1 cup unsweetened dairy free yogurt – I love @cocojune_organic
• 1 cup diced English cucumber, small dice – roughly half of a large cucumber, if you’re going to use a regular cucumber, then I would cut the seeds out
• 1 /4 cup diced red onion, small dice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan Sea salt, or fine Celtic sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Directions:
In a medium bowl, add the yogurt, cucumber, red onion, dill, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Blend all the ingredients together well, give it a taste and feel free to add more salt or dill to taste. You could also add some freshly chopped mint for an extra kick. If not using right away, store in the fridge in a glass container with a lid. Yep, that’s all there is to it!
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