Laura's Recipes: Chickpea Salad and Scape Pesto

Recipes:

July Second Chickpea Salad

2 cups cooked chickpeas

2 cups cooked rice

2 cups vegetables (such as bell pepper, sugar snap peas, sautéed garlic scapes, steamed green beans, or steamed broccoli)

½ cup raisins

½ cup walnuts or roasted sunflower seeds

Mix above ingredients together in a large bowl. Blend dressing ingredients and toss into salad. Chill and serve.

dressing:

1 cups plain yogurt

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 clove minced garlic

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp curry powder

salt and pepper to taste

Garlic Scape Pesto

1 cup garlic scapes, chopped

½ cup walnuts, roasted almonds, or other nut/seed

1 tbsp lemon juice

½ tsp salt

½ cup olive oil

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Blend garlic scapes, nuts, lemon juice, and salt. Add olive oil in a stream, while blending. Stir in grated parmesan cheese. Serve on pasta, as a pizza sauce, as a sandwich spread, or by the spoonful!