Veggie hummus pasta salad

chickpeas family food hummus pasta salad tahini

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Ingredients

400g can chickpeas, drained and liquid reserved

1 tbsp tahini

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

½ garlic clove

½ lemon, zested and juiced

250g short pasta of your choice

50g baby spinach, roughly chopped

200g cherry tomatoes halved (we used a mixture of red and yellow)

¼ cucumber, quartered lengthways and cut into small triangles

75g pitted olives of your choice, roughly chopped

Method

Boil the kettle. Tip half the chickpeas into a food processor, add roughly half the reserved liquid from the can (the liquid should come to just below the level of the chickpeas in the blender), the tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon zest and juice and some seasoning. Blitz until you have a smooth, loose hummus. Check for seasoning.

Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a mugful of the cooking water, and rinse the under cold running water for a few seconds until cool.

Toss the cooked pasta, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, the rest of the chickpeas and the hummus dressing together in a large bowl until everything is well-coated. Add a splash of the reserved pasta cooking water if the dressing is too thick. Will keep covered and chilled for up to 6 hrs, or in an airtight container in a cool bag for 2 hrs. Add a splash of water to loosen the dressing again before serving.