This quick warming dish tastes like a comfort food, but its highly nutritional, filling, and can be made in less than 20 minutes (if pesto is pre-made and beans are precooked or pre-bought). All of the ingredients are high in fiber and protein, with a healthy dose of vitamins and minerals, which benefit colon health, and stabilize blood sugar and cholesterol, which all work in tandem to control weight.
That delicious cheesy flavor given by the nutritional yeast is full of B-vitamins: the primary precursors, which our bodies use to create neurotransmitters. Meaning, if you eat this dish you will “positively” feel better.
Warm Cheesy Chickpea Pesto Salad
Makes 2–3 servings
1 can or 15 ounces chickpeas soaked and cooked
2–4 tablespoons pesto (see below for traditional recipe or try a vegan pesto recipe)
¼ cup chopped sweet onion
2–3 portobello mushrooms
3–5 tablespoons water
¼ sea salt
3–4 cups beet greens
4–5 tablespoons nutritional yeast
Coconut oil
