INGREDIENTS:

2 cups chickpea pasta or your favorite pasta
Tomatoes 2 cups diced
Mushrooms 1 cup chopped
Shallots 1 large chopped
Leeks 2 chopped
Garlic 4 cloves chopped
Walnuts 1/4 cup chopped
Parsley 1 bunched chopped
1/8 cup green olives chopped
White wine 1/8 cup
Lemon 2 juice
Zest of 2 lemons
Spinach 2 cups
Olive oil cold pressed extra virgin
Oil sunflower 4 Tablespoons
Sweet basil 1 tablespoon
Oregano 1 tablespoon
Lavender 1/8 teaspoon
Cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon
Cayenne pepper dash
Sea salt 1 tablespoon
Black pepper fresh 1 Teaspoon
Honey 1 Tablespoon

Instructions:
Add sunflower oil to hot pan, add mushrooms, cook 3-5 minutes. Add shallots and leeks, cook for 5 minutes or until translucent, deglaze pan with wine, mix well.
Add olives, spices and lemon juice. Cool for 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and cook on medium low for about 5 minutes, add garlic, and spices to sauce. Cook for 6 minutes.

Meanwhile cook pasta as directed. Once pasta is ready add spinach, sauce, black pepper and olive oil.

This recipe goes amazing with bread! We recommend Wild Bread Co Sourdough

Benefits of cinnamon:

Cinnamon is a popular spice that most people have in their kitchen cupboard. They use it in baked goods and on top of hot drinks, but this seasoning — which people have used since Ancient Egypt — has a host of health benefits in addition to its delicious flavor.
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• Cinnamon Is High in a Substance With Powerful Medicinal Properties. …
• Cinnamon Is Loaded With Antioxidants. …
• Cinnamon Has Anti-Inflammatory Properties. …
• Cinnamon May Cut the Risk of Heart Disease. …
• Cinnamon Can Improve Sensitivity to the Hormone Insulin.

 

Recipe by Lovely Linda’s Kitchen