Dinner

Chickpea Pasta with Courgette, Lemon and Pine Nuts

Name: Chickpea Pasta with Courgette, Lemon and Pine Nuts
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 70 g Chickpea pasta; 250 g Courgette; 12 g Pine nuts; 8 g Olive oil; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 2 tbsp (10 g) Nutritional yeast; One lemon Lemon zest; Half a lemon Lemon juice; A handful Fresh basil; Half, sliced Fresh red chilli

Courgette cooked down until it melts into a sauce, with lemon, toasted pine nuts and chickpea pasta. 26 g of protein for 481 kcal.

Calories: 481kcal
Protein: 26g
Fat: 22g
Carbs: 46g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

None of the fourteen declared allergens is in the ingredient list as written.

Pine nuts are seeds and are not on the UK list of tree nuts, though people with nut allergies are often told to avoid them.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Chickpea pasta70 g
Dry weight.
Courgette250 g
Sliced into thin coins. Thick pieces stay watery instead of collapsing.
Pine nuts12 g
Olive oil8 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Nutritional yeast2 tbsp (10 g)
Lemon zestOne lemon
Lemon juiceHalf a lemon
Fresh basilA handful
Fresh red chilliHalf, sliced

Method

Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan until golden, tip out, then add the oil and courgette with a big pinch of salt. Cook over a medium heat for 12 minutes, stirring, until the courgette has broken down into a soft mush.
Add the garlic and chilli for the last two minutes.
Cook the pasta, drain, and stir it into the courgette with the yeast, zest, lemon and a ladle of pasta water. Toss until the sauce coats it.
Top with the pine nuts and basil.

Worth knowing

The courgette has to go well past the point where it looks done. It is a sauce, not a vegetable side.
Nutritional yeast is what makes this taste finished with no parmesan. Left out, add another squeeze of lemon and more salt.

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