Dinner

Chickpea Pasta with Pesto and Tenderstem

Name: Chickpea Pasta with Pesto and Tenderstem
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 80 g Chickpea pasta; A heaped tbsp (25 g) Basil pesto; 150 g Tenderstem broccoli; 60 g Frozen peas; Half a lemon Lemon zest; A squeeze Lemon juice; Plenty Black pepper

Tenderstem and peas cooked in the pasta pot, then everything tossed with pesto and lemon zest. 26 g of protein for 484 kcal.

Calories: 484kcal
Protein: 26g
Fat: 17g
Carbs: 57g

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

Allergens

Milk
Tree nuts

Flagged for the cashews most supermarket jars use alongside pine nuts. A pesto made only with pine nuts carries milk alone.

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 pasta80 g
Dry weight.
Basil pestoA heaped tbsp (25 g)
Tenderstem broccoli150 g
Frozen peas60 g
Lemon zestHalf a lemon
Lemon juiceA squeeze
Black pepperPlenty

Method

Cook the pasta in salted boiling water. Three minutes before it is done, drop in the tenderstem, cut into 4 cm lengths, and one minute after that, the peas.
Drain everything together, keeping a little of the water.
Off the heat, stir in the pesto, zest and lemon with two tablespoons of the water until it clings. Finish with pepper.

Worth knowing

Pesto is fat by weight: 17 g of it lands here from 25 g. It is also the seasoning, so the pasta water needs proper salt.
Cooking the greens in the pasta pot saves a pan and stops the tenderstem overcooking, as long as the timing is followed.

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