Got Too Many Chickpeas? Make These Recipes!

We love a store-bought hummus, but it’s really not hard to make your own and give it any kind of flavor twist you want.

Chickpeas have enough flavor that it doesn’t take much to turn them into a tasty snack. Salt and pepper are all you really need to make a nutty, crunchy, and healthy treat.

Add chickpeas to virtually any salad and what’s in your bowl changes from something light and nutritious into a stand-alone meal that sticks with you.

In this flavorful preparation, garbanzos can be used as either a side dish or a bed for vegetables.

Just as with any legume, chickpeas make a simple vegetable soup much more hearty.

Pasta and chickpeas might sound like an odd combo (its actually a classically Roman preparation), but all the different flavors and textures in this dish work together so well your family may not notice that it’s vegan. 

Chickpeas are a staple of Indian cooking, and this recipe captures many of the flavors of India in a preparation that doesn’t take all day.

Though often paired with vegetables, there’s no rule; here chickpeas complement a tilapia fillet.

In this recipe chickpeas, which are green when fresh and can count as a vegetable, provide enough carbohydrate to make this a satisfying one-dish meal.

This substantial dish takes pork chops to a spicy, Middle-Eastern place that they rarely go to.