Chicks with Peas

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Photo by Susan
From Fatfree Vegan Kitchen

Whether you call them garbanzos or chickpeas, there are a lot of delicious offerings that can be made from this humble bean.

To get you started, the lovely Indira of Mahanandi

has a great photo of four types of chickpeas, or chana.

If you're ambitious enough to cook your own, Erin's Kitchen has a tip on cooking fresh garbanzo beans.

In the photo, you see a yummy looking Roasted Tomato Hummus from Susan at Fatfree Vegan Kitchen

Catherine at Albion Cooks offers us Cool Mediterranean Chickpea Salad.

A delicious looking Chickpea and Tomato Salad is on the menu at Simply Recipes.

My friend Paz from The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz creates Chickpeas, Feta, and Coriander Salad.

A beautiful photo shows off Chickpeas in Golden Kahri Sauce, created by Priya of Sugar and Spice.

A different twist is the Oven Baked Spiced Chickpeas I spotted on Food, In the Main.

Kate at Veggie Friendly adores Red Capsicum, Parsley, and Chickpea Salad.

Spicy Chickpea Dip is used in an interesting way at Posie's Place.

And in Paris, Meg of Too Many Chefs creates Spicy Chickpea Salad.

Contributing Editor Kalyn Denny has also been on a bit of a chickpea binge at Kalyn's Kitchen, first creating Tomato and Garbanzo Salad and then Garbanzo, Tomato, and Cilantro Salad with Lime and Chile Dressing.

Submitted by Kalyn Denny (view blog

) on Fri, 08/11/2006 - 09:10

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You've Bean Busy!

I am not the biggest bean fan in the world, but I think your post might help me change my mind.

Becks & Posh

Submitted by sam breach on Fri, 08/11/2006 - 08:34

Oh No

Now I'm craving hummus. Big time. Mmmm. Mouth watering.

THAT said, be careful while eating chickpeas. We know they're good. We know you love them. But chew them first, folks. DO NOT ASPIRATE THEM. My Husband, a fire/medic, was called to Ruby Tuesdays a few years ago for a choking man. Turns out he sucked one of those babies right down into his lung. Yikes. I'm always extra careful now when I eat A MOUNTAIN of chickpeas on my salad.

Oh, yum.

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Jenna

Submitted by JennaHatfield on Fri, 08/11/2006 - 09:18

Good tip

Jenna, good tip about chewing carefully. It made me think of a tip for using canned chickpeas.

If you're using canned chickpeas, rinse them very well (until absolutely no foam shows) and it will decrease the undesirable side effects of eating beans quite a lot.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Submitted by Kalyn Denny on Fri, 08/11/2006 - 10:47