Name: Creamy Smashed Chickpeas
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 400 grams chickpeas (discard liquid and mash); 1 green onion (thinly sliced); 1/2 red bell pepper (finely chopped); 1 small chili pepper (deseeded and sliced); chopped fresh parsley; 1 Tbsp. Tahini; 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard; 1 small fresh lemon; salt & pepper to taste; your favorite seasoning; 1 Tsp olive oil

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This smashed creamy chickpeas with lemon and tahini takes less than 10 minutes to prepare delicious with toast or on it's own! I don't know what else to tell you except that you should make it because it's not only a toast topping or for sandwiches it's also great as a side dish!

After I made this Smashed Chickpeas and Harissa I knew I needed this one with tahini. Why not? When you craving some chickpea hummus with a difference give this a try.

Creamy without cream, crunchy, fresh, citrusy and mouth wateringly delicious!

Use a potato masher or a fork to get your chickpeas all mushy and add a small drizzle of olive oil to help keep them from drying out. Now you can get started of chopping up a few of your favorite things.

Creamy Chickpeas

Making this recipe is quick, easy and extremely versatile so work with the ingredients, work with what you have and let's get creative. My motto in the kitchen has always been;

to have fun
be creative
and most importantly work with you have

Rather than waiting for the perfect moment because those don't exist in any area of life. Food, work, relationships, health, friends and everything else.

So what happens if you want to make this tonight (or right now) but you don't have chickpeas? Let's do a comparison:

Chickpeas - any other beans; cannellini, red kidney, black beans etc.

What's the substitute for mustard? I love all mustard types so am never without it however here are some tips and suggestions for you. Besides horseradish because that would be the perfect substitute but not everyone's ideal.

Mustard - the basic 3 mustards are yellow, brown and black.

Let me break it down a little more for you quickly:

Dijon mustard - a classic French mustard a bit more 'upmarket' and is made with white wine
Yellow Mustard - Turmeric is added to make it yellow which is the English mustard
Wholegrain Mustard - a bit more intense in taste

Mustard is made from mustard seeds yellow, brown and black. There are a couple of ingredients used including ground mustards seeds, sugar, vinegar and spices so think around that if you are wanting to recreate something or make your own.

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Tahini - If you don't have tahini then first consider if you have sesame seeds because you can make your own tahini. 3 Ingredient Home-Made Tahini Recipe

Otherwise nut butters like cashew butter, almond butter and if you don't have any of those mmmm...it might be a little challenge. I might use peanut butter but wont advice as yet 🙂

Serving Suggestions

Although delicious on crunchy toasted bread these creamy chickpeas are equally fabulous on their own. I added little bits of red bell peppers which gave it so much bite, a little sweetness, crunch and color.

You can use this chickpea recipe with leafy greens on sandwiches and don't be shy with the fresh herbs mix them up! Serve it on the side with fish or meat. Slice some chicken and include it as a salad or a filler, serve it on couscous or on a bed of roasted vegetables. Chicken rotisserie for convenience.

What do you think? Do you love it? Let me know in the comments below I would love to hear how you used it!

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