These sandwiches are a flavor explosion! Smashed chickpeas with 5-ingredient collard greens pesto spread onto whole grain bread with sprouts, tomatoes, and onion. Every year with the CSA that I buy, there are weeks where I get so many leafy greens that my refrigerator turns into a deciduous forest. Trying to eat them all is...
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These sandwiches are a flavor explosion! Smashed chickpeas with 5-ingredient collard greens pesto spread onto whole grain bread with sprouts, tomatoes, and onion.

It’s high time I showed a little more love for collard greens in particular, something I eat regularly but rarely share on the blog. This time around, I also received fresh basil in my CSA share, and immediately knew I wanted to blanch the collard greens and blitz them up into a fresh green pesto.
After making the pesto just stir it together with some mashed, smashed, or intact (up to you!) garbanzo beans and you’re set on your way with no mayo to speak of!
With an entire pound of collard greens packed in, these sandwiches are nutritious as hell and definitely a great recipe to feed non-vegans! I’m confident you would enjoy great success substituting other hearty greens like kale for the collards here. Just reduce the blanching time to about 2 minutes, as collards take particularly long to blanch.

Collard Green Pesto Chickpea Salad Sandwiches

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