Vegan Chickpea Broccoli Casserole

You know those moments when your day is utterly sucking and you want to escape into some sense of victory? That is when I break out my pots and pan, turn on my oven and put on a apron. Tonight I made Vegan Chickpea Broccoli Casserole and got to feel like a culinary genius, if only for the evening.

This is the basic recipe. It is a little on the bland side so you might want to doctor it with spices, or at least some more salt and pepper. Casserole came out awesome none the less though, an excellent side dish and made a lot.

You need:

3 cans of chickpeas drained

1 large onion, thinly sliced and squared

3 carrots grated

1 head of broccoli cut into small florets

1/2 cup bread crumbs

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup vegetable broth

1 teaspoon salt (to start, but I used a good amount more)

pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350

In a large (LARGE) bowl mash the chickpeas. I used a potato masher and it worked relatively well, but its hard to mash them all so don't worry. Add the vegetables and mix/mash everything together. Add bread crumbs, mix/mash. Add oil, mix/mash. Add vegetable broth, salt and pepper, mix/mash. Pour all into a 9 x 13 casserole dish and firmly press down. Cover and bake for 45 minutes. Uncover, bake for another 15 minutes. Enjoy!