White Bean & Artichoke Toast

Ingredients

• Garlic

  Raw

  ½ cloves, minced or 2g

• White beans

  Mature seeds, canned

  ⅞ cup or 229g

• Basil

  Fresh

  ¼ cup leaves, whole or 6g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  ½ lemon yields or 24g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ½ tbsp or 7g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ dash or 0.2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ dash or 0.05g

• Artichokes

  (globe or french), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

  ½ cup hearts or 84g

• Spinach

  Raw

  1 cup or 30g

• Whole-wheat bread

  Commercially prepared

  2 slice or 56g

Directions

1. Pulse the garlic and beans and about half of the basil in a food processor until finely minced and crumbly.
2. Cut the remaining basil into ribbons and chop the artichokes. Toss the bean mixture with the lemon, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper, and artichoke hearts.
3. To serve, toast bread and top with a quarter of the spinach, followed by a quarter of the bean mix. Enjoy!