Place garlic into the Thermomix bowl and chop 2 sec/speed 6.
Add chorizo and saute 8 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed soft.
Add wine, stock, saffron and umami and cook 5 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed 1.
Cook pasta in plenty of boiling salted water according to package directions. Drain.
Meanwhile, add spinach and chick peas to the Thermomix bowl and cook 2 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed 1. Taste liquid and adjust seasoning if necessary with a little salt, add lemon juice and stir through 2 sec/Reverse/speed soft.
Toss the contents of the Thermomix bowl through the still hot pasta and garnish with toasted almonds and fresh parsley.
With Crusty Bread for starters! Then you could go and add a salad if you wished.