Broccoli Cauliflower Chickpea Bowl with a rich and creamy Tahini Lemon Sauce! This simple roasted vegetable and chickpea bowl is gluten free, Vegan and low calorie. A super EASY and satisfying meal guaranteed to keep you full for hours. Great for lunch, dinner or snacking!
I need a Pinterest makeover. Either that or I need to hire someone to do it for me. Do you know anyone? My boards are a mess and need to be cleaned up. I cringe when I see old recipes I posted when I was first starting out. Whenever I see them, I delete them but there are so many of them that I have a small panic attack every time I’m on the site. Ack!
I don’t have the time or patience to deal with it. I know a lot of people LOVE Pinterest, but I’m not a fan. It’s a sea of messy posts and random photography and if there’s one thing I hate, it’s a mess.
It’s unbelieveable I have as many followers as I do (if you’re following me huge THANK YOU!). What’s also unbelievable is how some of my ugliest pictures are my most pinned. Two posts that are completely random with the worst photography are my highest ranking pins and others with gorgeous photography are lucky if they get 100 pins. I don’t get it. I must be doing something wrong. Pinterest, you are the bane of my existence!
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not about the pins. Being an ex IT consultant, I have this insane need to figure things out. As you can tell, I drive myself crazy with this stuff.
Truthfully if I were only about followers and numbers, I’d be posting chocolate smothered desserts every day because drool worthy bad-for-you food is what ignites people. While I do believe in a balanced, non-restrictive approach to eating, I don’t believe this site should reflect something I am not. I truly hope you see that when you come here which leads me to this Broccoli Cauliflower Chickpea Bowl.
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I don’t know what it is about roasted vegetables. To me, they taste like candy. A couple years ago you would have never heard me saying that. Now I could live off roasted vegetables no matter the season. Hot or cold I will gladly eat them.
This is the first dish I attempted to roast chickpeas and have I ever been missing out! These magically delicious beans are a 1983083570475 times better roasted. They make a great snack on their own. Not exaggerating at all here!
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But seriously, I’ve been loving this Broccoli Cauliflower Chickpea Bowl for months. It’s a super EASY and satisfying meal. I like having it for lunch when I need something heartier than a salad to last me through afternoon swim lessons I teach, but you could also make this for dinner.
I roast everything on the weekend and store everything in separate containers then during the week I assemble, warm in the microwave and drizzle with the creamy tahini sauce for a warm and filling meal. If you want guaranteed goodness, this Broccoli Cauliflower Chickpea Bowl is for you!
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Broccoli Cauliflower Chickpea Bowl
Ingredients
For the bowl
- 4 cups broccoli florets about 1 medium broccoli
- 4 cups cauliflower ~ 1 medium cauliflower
- 1 15 oz can chickpeas
- salt & pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Soak cashews 3-4 hours in a bowl of water or until softened.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper or cooking spray.
- Add broccoli and cauliflower to one baking sheet and sprinkle with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Rinse chickpeas and pat dry using a wash cloth or paper towels. Place chickpeas on the second baking pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast broccoli, cauliflower and chickpeas about 30 minutes until they are soft and cooked through.
- While they are roasting, prepare the dressing by adding soaked cashews, tahini, salt and lemon juice to a a blender or food processor.
- Mix until thoroughly combined and transfer to a bowl.
- Remove vegetables and chickpeas from the oven, assemble bowls and drizzle with dressing.
- Store chickpeas, vegetables and dressing separate to retain freshness up to a week.
Recipe Notes
Makes 5 servings, 315 calories each
Custom Meal Plans
Work with Megan to develop a custom macro or standard meal plan to reach your goals.
What’s the bane of your existence? Are you a Pinterest fan?
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Bahaha, girl, my pinterest is a mess! It’s so far gone to ever fix though (with 67K+ pins) I just leave it be!
I’ll be adding this recipe to all those pins now too 😛 Hahahhahaha!
Glad to know I’m not the only one who’s got a Pinterest mess on their hands and thank you for pinning!
hahaha ohhhh social media! luckily for me i was never interested in pinterest when my photos were HORRID. so i didnt pin them really at all. Instagram for me – i love it and hate it.
Smart girl!
Roasted veg always wins my heart!
It’s like candy. I always tell people if they don’t like vegetables to try roasting them. Almost everyone likes them that way.
I’m right there with you — in need of a Pinterest makeover, but with no time or energy to tackle it myself! Let me know if you find someone good…
And this dressing? I could drink it with a straw! Tahini is SO good!
I will let you know! If you find someone, do the same please.
Most of my meals center around roasted veggies so this is right up my alley!!!
You can’t go wrong with them!
I feel the same away about my old pins! They’re horrid! It’s funny how some of the crappiest stuff does really well on Pinterest, lol. I don’t like using it from the main feed but I love it as a search tool. Then it only gives you relevant pins, which is nice.
This chickpea bowl definitely looks pin-wirthy! I bet that lemon tahini sauce could make anything taste good. 🙂
That’s the only way I use Pinterest too otherwise it’s just a sea of madness to me.
I guess the content is was really matters! love this recipe <3
That would make sense EXCEPT my pictures & food now are really good so obviously there’s more to it.
Pinterest uses an algorithm that has to do with repins I believe, so if a pin gets a lot of repins Pinterest will display it more. That’s why a new recipe will get no repins at first and then pick up months later! I’ve come to love it but I also probably spend too much time on it!
Got it. I knew someone had to know how it works!
This looks wonderful, love the simple ingredient list and flavor combo. I wonder how swapping the cashews for hemp seeds would work. Thanks!
You’ll have to let me know if you try it!
Yuuuum! Love tahini on anything. This looks tasty!
Thank you!