chickpeas ingredients:
- 1 15oz can of chickpeas
- 2-4 tsp of spices (for chickpeas)- whatever you have in your cupboard (chili powder, curry powder, garlic powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, turmeric)
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 cup quinoa
Cheezy tahini sauce:
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/3 cup cashews
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 Tbs tahini
- 2 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 Tbs cornstarch
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp salt
- Soak cashews up to 24 hours before for added creaminess (I soaked mine for 20 min, because LB)
- Preheat oven to 425. Cut sweet potatoes into 2×2” pieces. Use oil (I prefer coconut oil) to to coat baking sheet. Sprinkle salt & pepper on potatoes & bake for 20 min.
- Rinse 1 cup quinoa & add to pot with 2 cups of water. Once the pot reaches a boil, cover with lid & reduce to low heat. Set timer on quinoa for 15-20 min.
- Rinse chickpeas & put in bowl. Sprinkle desired seasoning on chickpeas & mix. Add chickpeas to baking pan covered in tinfoil. When there is 10 minutes left on oven timer, remove from oven & flip potatoes and add chickpeas to oven.
- De-stem kale & broccolini. Coat broccolini & kale in oil & lemon juice. Add to a large saucepan with half a cup of water on high-heat. Cover & heat for 5 minutes. Remove broccolini after about 3 minutes.
- Mix your tahini sauce by combining water, nutritional yeast, cashews, olive oil tahini, lemon juice, cornstarch, garlic powder, onion powder & salt. Add to a sauce pan on medium-high & cook until liquid thickens up & starts to boil.
- Put kale in bowl, top with quinoa, sweet potatoes, chickpeas & broccolini. Pour sauce on top.