This is a sandwich with an identity crisis. It’s part hummus, part pesto, part guacamole. Its like throwing a Greek, an Italian and a Mexican together and telling them to have a party.
Not a bad combination really, especially if they all bring drinks.
I’ve actually been drunk in all 3 of those countries (sounds like a good resume booster, no?) and if I had to pick a favorite, it’d be Italy. Only because it involved lots of delicious wine, Venice and an Italian waiter kissing the entire length of my arm from my finger tips to my shoulder while serving me gnocchi. A foodie’s fantasy come true. I was 19 and it was amazing even with my parents sitting next to me. The gnocchi was pretty good too.
If I had to pick one of those things this tastes like the most, it’s pesto. Just a rather unusually creamy one with some chickpeas thrown in.
I can’t promise any sexually frustrated waiters appearing at your table while eating this, but I can promise a multicultural party in your mouth. Who said lunch had to be boring?
- 1 15oz. can chickpeas, drained & rinsed
- 1 avocado
- 2 tablespoons sun dried tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ cup baby spinach
- ¼ cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- salt & pepper
- juice of ½ a lemon
- 4 slices of wheat bread
- Dry chickpeas and remove as many of the “skins” as possible. Transfer to a medium bowl.
- Roughly smash chickpeas with the back of a fork or a potato masher until they’re about half smashed, half intact. Set aside.
- Combine remaining ingredients except bread in a food processor and process until creamy and combined.
- Transfer half the “pesto” to the bowl with the chickpeas and combine with a spatula.
- Use remaining pesto to spread on each slice of bread.
- Spoon pesto/chickpea mixture onto one piece of bread and top with another slice to create a sandwich.
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So simple and so good. If I eat any more chickpeas I may turn in to one!
Oh man I am totally adding these ingredients to my grocery list. Looks amazing!
This looks delicious! Lunches are tough to get creative with, but this looks perfect. Can’t wait to try it! (And your commentary is pretty hilarious too.)
Shut uppppppp Gina! This sounds TOO delicious! I LOVE making a “meaty” sammich out of chickpeas. I need to try this STAT.
P.S. I totally loved getting drunk in Italy too. My hubby and I did the second and third leg of our honeymoon in Venice and Rome (respectively) and I got so used to drinking wine all the time, that when I got home I thought it was weird not to do that :-X Whoops.
I’m pretty sure that’s how I’ll feel after Napa this weekend!
Definitely a resume’ booster. I love the sound of this sandwich, and I can totally make it in spite of current lack-of-a-real-kitchen.
This sandwich looks so inviting, it’s so full of goodness! I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE.
This looks great! I love chickpeas. Definitely going to try this soon.
That looks awesome! I love fluffy sandwiches, especially plant-based ones. Sun-dried tomatoes is an excellent choice for flavor bursts. We’ve been eating them like candy lately.
Great idea! I love the combination! Definitely need to try this ASAP!
This looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait to make this for lunch, or maybe dinner tonight!
Totally adding this to my lunch rotation!!
Yum. Can I just come live in your kitchen? I can be the official taste-tester or something. Oh wait, I’m sure that’s Uly’s job.
I’ve pinned so many of your recipes now and I haven’t had time to try them. I’m not one of those superficial pinners. I actually USE my boards. I’m pretty sure I’ve used at least 60% of the recipes on my healthy bites board (would be more, but I tend to find something I like, make it 100 times, beat it to death, and never want to eat it again. repeat with a new recipe).
You can actually b/c Ulys doesn’t get home until the stuff has been sitting for hours and then it’s soggy and I find myself saying on repeat “it was so much better out of the oven!”
hehe
PS- give me a 1 and I’ll hunt you down woman.
Also, ever since you mentioned you hate when people rate recipes right after you post them (esp. when it’s a low rating), I’ve been tempted to give a one-star rating every time I comment. But I don’t. Because I’m afraid it will throw off some rating for you somewhere on the internet. And that would suck. You are welcome.
beans + pesto + avocado all in one sandwich sounds amazing!
That looks absolutely divine! I’ve never tried chick peas in a sandwich like that, I must try this soon!!
What a great combo! I have to make this sandwich went i get home. Sounds perfect!
a multicultural party, and the waiter, in front of your parents…oh I love this post. I love the recipe AND the stories
No sexually frustrated waiters
I was waiting for that. This looks delicious, Gina! Love the greek yogurt addition. Bet it combines all these flavorful ingredients just wonderfully. This recipe, of course, is being pinned. 
This week I made Two Peas and Their Pod’s Smashed Chickpea and Avocado Salad (http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/smashed-chickpea-avocado-salad-sandwich/) and have been loving it… this is the perfect variation! Can’t wait to try it, thanks!
Love this, I’ve been trying to eat chickpeas more and I JUST finally got some tahini in my hands!
Wow, now I wish I hadn’t already made lunch.
pinned it hooker
Look at you helping me meet my self imposed daily avocado quota. Who doesn’t love a good vegetarian sandwich?
This looks amazing. Just pinned it. Thanks!
I dream of getting drunk in Italy haha. I’ve done so in Denmark and Holland but not Italy. Someday!
I will gladly go back and make that happen with you
haha
You are witty. I like that.
And the sandwich doesn’t look half bad, either!
Want. Need food processor. Sigh.
I like the fact that you’ve been drunk in those three countries! Wish I had travelled that much!
I support the identity crisis this sandwich is having because it looks awesome and combines many of my favorite things!
Great post. I support the identity crisis this sandwich is having because it looks awesome and combines many of my favorite things! Thanks that you’ve shared.
Sounds delicious. Love your story of the Italian waiter. I made something similar to this recently in a salad form – a chickpea avocado pesto scallion spring mix salad.
I pinned and tweeted. Going to get ingredients today!
you’re lucky that you made this healthy because i’d be yelling at you for making me gain weight after i ate 3 of these…this really looks divine. it has the best ingredients and everything you added in there just adds to the layer of flavors!!
Chickpeas and pesto combined? Yum, yum, and yum! Sounds like a winning combination – full of flavor and fiber!
I made something similar to this recently in a salad form – a chickpea avocado pesto scallion spring mix salad. Thanks for sharing.
This looks fricking delicious! I’m not normally one to have a non-meaty sandwich, but I think rules can get bent
yummy hummus-stuff AND avocado AND pesto, love it.
I made this with canned beans and fell in love so I tried with sprouted beans and it was even better! Thanks!
I just made this for lunch (for tomorrow) and it is soooo good! I used all basil instead of cilantro and spinach because that is what I had in my fridge so it made an amazing hummus, pesto, guac hybrid. I can’t wait to eat more tomorrow, thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
Glad you liked it!
Making this today. Can’t wait! Looks sooo good.
This was so, so tasty! Such original flavors and so easy to make! We had it with some tomato soup, a riff on a classic, and a totally successful one! Great concept, easy to execute. Thanks!
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