Salmon, Broccoli, and Lemon Chickpea Pasta with Sundried Tomatoes and Basil

You know those times when yous’ve indulged a flake also much, simply you lot don’t feel like detoxing on plain chicken and salad in addition to steamed veggies forever? This is where this pasta comes inward. Like those Mondays when y'all’re not quite fix for it to live Mon, but you lot even so desire something healthy afterwards the weekend…you lot know precisely what I’1000 talking most.

My novel obsession is chickpea pasta. It’s and so much higher inward protein in addition to fiber than regular pasta, together with way lower inwards carbs. You can really experience good about eating it as well as not super weighed down. I hateful I however looove me around regular pasta, but this is smashing when you want a niggling fleck of a healthier selection!


Not to refer this pasta is incredibly flavorful in addition to packs even more than protein too healthy fats from the salmon. It is dandy eaten cold the next twenty-four hour period for lunch besides!

If you aren’t a salmon fan, yous tin definitely sub chicken or shrimp, or whatever poly peptide y'all like!

I didn’t add together cheese to this, only it would live fab alongside more or less freshly grated parm. Just sayin’.

ALSO, feel gratis to role regular pasta or whole wheat pasta if yous tin’t discover the chickpea pasta, simply I highly recommend searching for it. It’s SO adept. I got mine at Whole Foods..my dwelling house away from dwelling. ?

My brother and his lady friend couldn’t believe how skilful it was. My brother fifty-fifty said that he “is never going to buy regular pasta e'er once more.” Which I notice to live a pretty strong argument, considering nosotros are Italian too he LOVES his pasta. So I’d order this recipe is a major win as well as a must-brand for all yous pasta lovers.

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Salmon, Broccoli, and Lemon Chickpea Pasta amongst Sundried Tomatoes and Basil

Prep Time twenty minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings four

Author Molly (Spices in My deoxyribonucleic acid)

Ingredients

• 
  For the SALMON:
  


• 
  1
  lb.
  salmon filet
  


• 
  i
  tsp.
  olive fossil oil
  


• 
  zest of one lemon
  


• 
  juice of 1/two a lemon
  


• 
  i/ii
  tsp.
  dried basil
  


• 
  1/2
  tsp.
  dried oregano
  


• 
  one/four
  tsp.
  salt
  


• 
  ane/iv
  tsp.
  pepper
  


• 
  For the PASTA:
  


• 
  eight
  oz.
  chickpea pasta (I used Banza make)
  


• 
  iii
  small heads broccoli, cut into small florets (nigh iv-5 cups)
  


• 
  ii
  T.
  olive crude oil
  


• 
  5
  cloves
  garlic, thinly sliced
  


• 
  ane/4
  c.
  freshly squeezed lemon juice (from most two-iii lemons)
  


• 
  ane/4
  c.
  chopped sundried tomatoes (I used the tomatoes packed inwards crude)
  


• 
  ten-12
  leaves
  fresh basil, chopped
  


• 
  table salt in addition to pepper
  


• 
  zest of half a lemon
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 400℉. Line a baking sheet amongst parchment and place salmon on height. Massage alongside olive crude too sprinkle alongside lemon zest, lemon juice, dried basil, oregano, table salt, in addition to pepper. Bake for 25-30 minutes depending on how thick your fillet is.
   
   


2. 
   
   While salmon is cooking, boil H2O for the pasta. Cook the pasta according to parcel directions.
   
   


3. 
   
   Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and garlic. Sauté for two minutes or until lightly gilded together with fragrant. Add the broccoli together with fix for another 5-6 minutes until tender. Add the sundried tomatoes in addition to lemon juice.
   
   


4. 
   
   Toss inwards the pasta in addition to so fleck the salmon into chunks and add to the pasta. Lastly, stir inwards the fresh basil as well as season amongst salt in addition to pepper to gustatory modality. Finish off with the lemon zest in addition to toss.
   
   

 

Join me for this non-and then-tedious Mon meal?!??