Super Green Pasta with Chickpea Crunch (VG)

We all know that green is good! this is especially important when it comes to foods such as vegetables. Green leafy veggies are super dense in nutrition in maintaining healthy cardiovascular system, the skin, digestion, and eye health.

Spinach is very beneficial for a number of vital functions as it contains number of minerals, vitamins, pigments, and phytonutrients, including, potassium, manganese, zinc, magnesium, iron, and calcium.

MAKES: 2 serving

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

TOTAL = 30 min

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 cups of organic spinach

• 1/2 cup freshly basil

• 2 garlic cloves pressed

• 3 tablespoons olive oil

• 1/4 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt

• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast

• 1/4 cup plain, soya milk

• 1 lemon, juiced

• pepper to taste

• 2 cups of wholemeal spelt pasta

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LET's DO THIS: 

Cook the pasta according to package directions. When done, drain, rinse in cool water and return to the pot. Sprinkle with a little oil to avoid the pasta sticking to one another.

Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine the spinach, parsley, walnuts, nutritional yeast, garlic, olive oil, lemon and salt. Blend until well combined and a smooth paste is formed.

Add the pesto mixture into the pasta and gently combine until the pasta is completely covered. Serve with crunchy chickpeas, vegan cream, lemon slice and some basil leaves.

For Crunchy Chickpeas

Heat a little oil in a non stick frying pan, when odd add drained cooked chickpeas and toast them until hot and crunchy. I like to add some chilli, cumin, black pepper and a little salt.

Layer and serve as shown on the pictures or as ever you wish!

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Spinach

There is no doubt about spinach being a superfood. It is rich in water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, and a wide variety of phytonutrients. Spinach is number 1 source of magnesium and iron, a great source of vitamins B2 and B6, folate, vitamin K (to help blood clot), vitamin E, calcium, potassium, and vitamin A.

Basil

Basil is a powerful healing herb, it can aid with chronic lung condition, cold symptoms, cut through mucus and relieve congestion, it helps you breathe, stabilises blood sugar, purifies the kidneys, reduces cholesterol, and aids in weight loss. Plus, it is a good anti-bacterial herb with anti-inflammatory properties, with high vitamin C content.

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AYURVEDA:

Pitta food 

- Element - fire   

- Energy - hot + dry 

✓ recommended for Kapha dosha types

✗ aggravates Pitta dosha types

DISCOVER YOUR DOSHA

We are each a mix & a mach of unique energies, called Doshas according to Ayurveda.

In this quiz, Veronika breaks down the percentage of each Dosha within you, to give you a deeper understanding of your true nature and showing you how to take the best care of yourself to achieve overall wellbeing and contentment.

WHICH DOSHA AM I?

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CHAKRA HEALING:

• Anahata | Heart Chakra

FOODS: Green vegetables - leafy greens and cruciferous veggies such as kale, lettuces, spinach, chard, bok choy, collard greens, broccoli, avocado.

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I am kind to myself

I allow love to fill me up and guide all my actions

I am able to let go of the past

I forgive myself and others

I love myself and others fearlessly & wholeheartedly

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