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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!

INGREDIENTS

• 400 grams chickpeas, discard liquid and mash
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced
• ½ 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

INSTRUCTIONS

• Prep all the ingredients, cut and chop.
• Pour the chickpeas into a large bowl and use a masher or fork to mash them as mush or little as you like.
• Add a teaspoon of olive oil just to give it a chickpeas some flavor.
• Toss in the rest of the ingredients including the lemon, tahini and mustard. Use a fork to combine so you don’t mush everything together, keep it light and keep some of the texture.
• Season and taste as you go and finish with lemon and salt.