Good afternoon!
By now, you probably know a few things about me…
- I love quick recipes.
- I love healthy recipes.
- I love delicious tasting recipes.
- I don’t care for long ingredient lists- simple is good!
This chickpea recipe is no exception to my requirements…
Chick P’s & P.B
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained *(see note below)
- 1 heaping tbsp peanut butter (other nut butters might work too!)
- 1/2 tsp pure maple syrup
Directions: Rinse and drain chickpeas. For a single serving, take 1/2 cup of cooked chickpeas and set aside in a small, but deep, bowl. In another small bowl, mix the nut butter and pure maple syrup together. Scoop the PB + maple syrup mixture onto the chickpeas and mix well with a spoon. Serve over top of a soft piece of bread, in a wrap, on a salad, or eat it alone! I tried this on toast, soft bread, and alone and I liked it best alone, then on soft bread, and didn’t care for it on toast too much. It may also be good on the right kind of salad too!
Note: I used canned chickpeas, however if you cook your own, you might want to add a pinch of sea salt as the canned chickpeas have a lovely salty flavour to them.
Nutritional Information: (Serves 1): 260 calories, 9 grams fat, 6 grams fibre, 9 grams protein.
Those are some amazing nutritional stats, eh? It makes for a quick and healthy morning or afternoon power snack!
I came up with this simple recipe when I was making my first batch of dessert hummus– that recipe will be coming shortly too!
I know it probably seems very strange to mix peanut butter and maple syrup and throw it onto chickpeas (trust me, I thought so too!), but it honestly tastes AMAZING!
I must ask, what is nut butter not good with?
I have realized that chickpeas are very versatile and will basically adapt to any flavour that you mix it with!
I loved mixing this together and just eating the chickpeas + PB mix on its own. It tasted incredible! Try it out and let me know what you think. :biggrin:
Do you love any strange combinations of foods that you think just taste amazing but others may cringe at the thought?
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Tomorrow AM, I will be addressing your questions about whether I have any desire to do another triathlon. To prep you for the discussion, here is the 3rd graph installment!
Eric and I are hoping to get out for a short bike ride tonight to loosen up our legs. Have a great night!
hahaha…that graph is amazing! love it.
Um….WOW, that looks delicious to me! I love chickpeas – I went through a stage where I had a half a can with my lunch – straight up! I can’t wait to give this a try.
Was eric athletic before you met him or did he become so because of your time to-ge-tha?
And are you vegetarian for health or for I love the furry creatures reasons??
<333alyne
p.s. am in israel, and thus, have access to MANY CHICKPEAS! and will make this :)
(but no nut butter…)
He played football and basketball when I met him in highschool.
I’m a vegan for lots of reasons…animal welfare, health, environment, etc.
that looks yummy!
Love the shirts! And I just don’t know if I could do chickpeas and PB…
What a unique recipe! Love it!
Oooo if the graph is to be believed it’s looking good for another tri!! I do hope so!
The chickpea recipe looks delicious. You are so right, sometimes the simple recipes are the best. I will so have to try this, it looks like a yummy snack.
I’m totally with you on the quick, easy, and tasty recipes. It’s the best way to eat healthy for life! And this looks super good, Angela! If you like that, I’m thinking you might like this garbanzo bean salad I made with a tahini-coconut-basil dressing http://www.neverhomemaker.com/2010/05/garbanzo-bean-salad.html
Lemme know what you think if you try it out! have you ever seen those chocolate chippers with garbanzos in them? it’s in the cookbook Deceptively Delicious. We tried ’em out . . . not a huge fan.
Oh that recipe looks amazing! TU!
That recipe looks dreamy! Quick + easy is the way to go, especially if they are delish!
Ooooh these look wonderful!!! I must try them asap!
I am going to go try that right now. It looks like it would be very filling. Another great way to use chickpeas.
That is such a funny combo. I’m not the biggest fan of chickpeas, so I don’t know about actually trying it.
Are you thinking about doing another triathalon?
possibly….I haven’t decided yet!
One of my go-to meals is chickpeas (sometimes cinnamon roasted) over quinoa or millet with a peanut butter (or almond butter) and maple syrup sauce drizzled over the top!
Nut butter/maple syrup is my standard pancake topping. It’s also great to dip kale chips into!!! Try it! I sometimes thin it with a little hot water.
I still have not tried kale chips…hoping we get some kale in our CSA this week!
how creative! i love that idea…and you’re right, it can’t get much better than those nutritional stats! this has me concocting a little something special with chickpeas for later… :)
It sounds SOOO strange! And yet….I feel like I must try it! Personally I’ve always loved sweet pickles and peanut butter on a sandwich. Sounds gross, but is pretty darn tasty!
I’m with you. And sometimes things you think won’t work totally do. I love garbanzos because they adapt to anything.
I can’t imagine how that flavor combination works, but I’ll trust you. I think of chick peas as a savory food, but I can see how it would blend well with stronger flavors.
I am curious to see your graph on day 3 and beyond!
You ask if there is anything that nut butter doesn’t make better, and I vote nothing! Nut butters could bring around world peace. Perhaps we should send some to the G8/G20 meetings at the end of the month? :)
haha I love the idea..I think it will work
This sounds really good to me. My mom used to give my brother and I candy covered chickpeas, so I can see them being good with sweetness added. Granted, as a 9 year old, I thought they were disgusting. But that doesnt count. :)
candy covered chickpeas….wow, that might work!
You do such interesting things with food.
Ooooh, what a lovely and unique recipe. It’s true: nut butters make everything better! About a year and a half ago, I hardly ever ate nut butters but now I eat them everyday. I crave it if I don’t