Greens on Toast
This vegan pesto toast is an absolutely delicious dish, and it's a really easy recipe for any time of day. Not only is it simple to make and super tasty, but it's also a pretty healthy recipe too!
Serves
Ingredients
For the pesto toast
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For the topping
<item-todo-done>1 tbsp olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 tbsp Nooch<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 tbsp plant-based pesto<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>4 tbsp hummus<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> x 400g can butter beans drained<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>50g garden peas<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 spring onions<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 garlic clove<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>3 cavolo nero leaves<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 Juice of 1 lemon<item-todo-done>
Before you start
2 frying pans
Prepare the topping ingredients
- Trim the spring onions and finely slice
- Peel and grate the garlic
- Drain the butter beans
- Remove the spine of the cavolo nero and finely slice the leaves
- Zest and halve the lemon
Cook the topping ingredients
- Warm the olive oil in the pan over medium heat, add the garlic and butter beans and stir for 5 minutes
- Add the spring onions, garden peas and stir for 1 minute
- Add the lemon zest and stir for 1 minute
- Add the cavolo nero and pesto and fold until slightly wilted
- Squeeze over the lemon juice, catching any pips with your spare hand, sprinkle over the nooch, season with salt and pepper and fold to combine
- Turn the heat right down
Prepare the pesto toast
- Add the olive oil to the second frying pan and warm over medium high heat
- Add the pesto and stir into the oil
- Lay the bread in the pan and fry for 2 minutes on each side until golden and crispy
Time to serve
- Transfer the pesto toast onto plates, load up the toast with hummus, the greens topping a sprinkle of nutritional yeast and serve immediately