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Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini is for Salad.

Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini takes 15 minutes to cook.

Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini are:

1/2 lb. dry pasta (I used tri-color rotini)
1 cup chickpeas (canned is fine, rinsed and drained)
1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves

For the Dressing:
2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic scapes (or 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely minced)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon sesame paste (tahini)
3 - 4 tablespoons water (depending on desired consistency)
Pinch of red pepper flakes, to taste
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Salt, to taste

Here is how you make Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini:

1) Add the pasta to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook according to the package directions. Drain the cooked pasta and return to the pot. Stir in the rinsed and drained chickpeas as well as the baby spinach leaves. Note that the residual heat of the pasta will cook the spinach down a bit.2) Make the dressing by whisking together the chopped garlic scapes or minced garlic, olive oil, fresh lemon juice, sesame paste, water, red pepper flakes, dried oregano, ground black pepper and salt.3) Toss the pasta, spinach and chickpeas with the dressing and serve at room temperature or chilled.Serving Size: 4 - 1 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ROXYRAZOR.

The nutritional information for Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 331.6

• Total Fat: 7.5 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 40.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 56.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.0 g
• Protein: 11.9 g

The dietary needs meet for Spruce Pasta Salad With Spinach, Chickpeas, and Tahini is Vegetarian