This delicious Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta with pesto makes a healthy plant-based dinner.
Make extra for lunch the next day – you’ll thank yourself!
Traditional pasta tastes great (duh), but often lacks protein and fiber!
Elevate your traditional vegetarian or vegan pasta recipe by using a high-protein pasta made from chickpeas, lentils, or black beans. For this Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta, I used Trader Joe’s Yellow Lentil Spaghetti & Brown Rice – they have 14 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber per serving.
Banza is OG high protein, legume paste. It’s made from chickpeas and is probably my favorite taste