Chickpeas are one of my absolute favorite things to eat. You can eat them dried, cooked, plain, with salt — you get the idea! The fact that they can be used in so many dishes is exactly the reason why it was so fun and easy to find dishes that put chickpeas on a pedestal.
Chickpea salads, like the Chickpea Quinoa Salad from The Healthy Foodie is a quintessential crisp and healthy salad that showcases chickpeas in all their glory.
A more interesting approach to putting chickpeas front and center is Chickpea Parmesan from Kath Eats. What a unique and interesting dish that most of us probably haven't thought of before! There are so many different ways to use this crisp and refreshing ingredient!
• Chickpea Quinoa Salad, The Healthy Foodie
• Chickpea Fries, Vegetable Matter
• Chickpea Parmesan, Kath Eats
• Chickpeas and Balsamic Vinegar Bruschetta, Real Simple
• Chickpea Curry, Herbivoracious
Related: Lunch Recipe: Warm Chickpea Salad with Cumin & Garlic
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I loooove chickpeas too. I like to add the canned pre-cooked kind to the last 5-10 minutes of this roasted veggie dish I make with olive oil, balsamic vinegarette and herb seasoning of choice. It's a good (and quick) way to make the roasted veggies into a heartier meal in my opinion and it's very yummy.
this takes a great recipe from 101 cookbooks and makes it even better:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/10/vegetarian-lemony-chickpea-stirfry-stir-fry-recipe.html
Some Monday's (for Meatless Monday's) I make Chickpea Patties http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2011/05/meatless-dinner.html a cheap, quick and tasty dinner.
I love chickpea piccatta. So good! I love the chickpea parmesan idea -- I'll have to try it.
I LOVE chickpeas!! This is a go to around our house: http://moreterriers.blogspot.com/2011/04/friday.html
I used to work with a guy named Bruno who was a bit of a body builder and a self-styled ladies' man. Bruno would always extoll the virtues of chickpeas by tapping his abs forcefully and proclaiming "Chickpeas make you hard as a rock!" Then with a wink and a devilish grin, to make it clear that he was now referring to a part of his anatomy other than his abs, he would repeat, "Hard as a rock!"
To this day, I cannot eat chickpeas (or serve them to my husband) without a little chuckle and thoughts of Bruno.