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- Makes 8½ cups
- Serving size: 2 cups
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This hunger-busting creamy pasta with peas is bursting with fresh produce and comes together in just 25 minutes. Sweet green peas, juicy tomatoes (both fresh and sun-dried), and crunchy snow pea pods are tossed in a velvety hummus-based sauce and sprinkled with aromatic garlic scapes. (If you can’t find garlic scapes, substitute chives in Step 2.) Whole chickpeas add extra substance, while a sprinkle of cayenne pepper brings the heat. This dish is extremely versatile, so feel free to swap out the veggies for whatever fresh produce you have on hand. Make a big pot of this as meal prep for the rest of the week and enjoy alongside a simple salad for a veg-forward feast.
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By Ellen Boeke,
Ingredients
- 1 8.8-oz. package dry chickpea rotini
- 2 cups fresh or frozen peas
- ½ cup sliced garlic scapes or 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- ⅔ cup oil-free hummus
- 1 15-oz. can no-salt-added chickpeas, rinsed and drained (1½ cups)
- ⅓ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not oil-packed)
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- ½ cup slivered fresh snow pea pods
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions; reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water. Place peas and garlic scapes (if using) in a colander set in the sink. Drain pasta into colander; return pasta, peas, and garlic scapes to pot.
- Add hummus, chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes, chives (if using), salt, and cayenne pepper to pasta. Toss to coat, adding pasta cooking water a little at a time as needed to make sauce creamy. Serve topped with cherry tomatoes and snow pea pods.
Per serving (2 cups): 564 calories, 98 g carbohydrates, 26 g protein, 8 g total fat, 1.2 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 364 mg sodium, 17.8 g fiber, 13.6 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
Comments (3)
(5 from 2 votes)Will normal rotini work instead of chickpea rotini?
Yes, but normal rotini usually has egg or egg product in it.
I've found many pasta choices w/o eggs in grocery stores.