These Delicious Recipes Using Chickpeas are flavorful, creative, and so easy to make! Enjoy using this pantry staple in your meals today.
Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo Beans, is a pantry staple that is great in everything from a side dish, salad, soup, and even dessert!
Chickpeas are a legume that are part of the same family as black beans and lima beans. They are also known as garbanzo beans and are grown in subtropical and temperate regions. Records date them back to growing in Mesopotamia around 7,500 years ago.
You can easily find them in Mediterranean and Indian Dishes as part of the side dish or the main meal itself. They are firm and have a fairly neutral, nutty flavor so they are staples in stews, soups, and salads. They hold up well to slow cooking as well.
People are also really creative with them, by even incorporating them into dessert!
You traditionally find them canned or dried. They are easy to store and are affordable, with cans of chickpeas often less then $2 each.
Benefits to using Chickpeas in your dishes:
- They are affordable
- Chickpeas add a lot of nutrition to a dish
- They are an easy substitute to meat and fish in dishes
Health Benefits
Chickpeas are wonderful to include in your diet as they are very nutritious.
1 Cup of Chickpeas has 12.5 grams of fiber and 14.4 grams of protein. Additionally, they have high amounts of iron, selenium, B Vitamins, and healthy fats.
Incorporating them in your dishes can be beneficial if you are watching your heart health, are anemic, have to lower your cholesterol or blood pressure.
Additionally, they can help you cut back on your meat consumption, creating more plant based dishes. They are often an easy swap out for meats and fish.
Delicious Recipes Using Chickpeas
Chickpeas are a great pantry staple that you can enjoy in a wide variety of recipes!
It's an affordable protein that you can incorporate into so many recipes from dips, soups, and sides.
Snacks and Dips
Enjoy incorporating chickpeas in your everyday snacking by creating a wonderful dip or baking them or an addictive crunchy snack.
Making Homemade Hummus is a breeze! You'll fall in love with this kind htat is topped with toasted pine nuts. Yum!
Air fryer chickpeas is a crunchy, healthy snack that is gluten-free, vegan and high protein. They are really quick and easy to make in the Air fryer with barely any oil. A perfect any time snack without guilt.
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus- In just 5 minutes you'll have a wonderfully smooth, flavorful hummus that is so much better than store-bought hummus.
Side Dishes & Salads
Chickpeas are a wonderful addition to salads as they replace meat making the dish vegetarian for vegan.
Healthy and delicious Mediterranean Grain Bowl is full of veggies, rice, quinoa, chickpeas, feta cheese, with a drizzle of tahini!
Orzo Pasta Salad with Tahini Dressing- A Middle Eastern inspired pasta salad that has a graet Tahini Dressing that shines with bright, fresh flavors.
An easy and delicious bean salad filled with fresh flavors. This bean salad is made with black beans, white beans and garbanzo beans.
Whip this tasty salad together in just 10 minutes! Perfect for potlucks, barbecues or family dinners.
Chickpea Bulgur Salad is a great side dish for a cookout and picnic. It's also great for meal prep to enjoy throughout the week.
This vegetarian pasta salad comes together quickly but that speed doesn't mean it's lacking flavor. It's full of flavor from lemony dressing and the vegetables and cheese. You'll be cooked on this Lemony Pasta Salad with Artichokes and Chickpeas.
Italian Antipasto Salad is packed full of the delicious cured meats, cheeses, vegetables. Then tossed in a tangy dressing to lock in all the flavors. Yum!
Quinoa and Brussels Sprouts Salad is the perfect side for grilled hot dogs, steak, or chicken. It's flavorful and pairs well with everything. Yum!
Main Dishes
Incorporating chickpeas into your main dishes helps create affordable dishes that can be vegetarian or vegan. You won't miss the meat when you enjoy these healthy, hearty dishes.
Easy Spaghetti with Chickpeas- a simple dinner made up with pantry staples. The chickpeas make the sauce extra flavorful & give it a wonderful texture.
With warm spices like cumin, curry, smoked paprika, bulgur, and a ton of veggies, these chickpea burger patties will not disappoint!
Chickpea and Spinach Soup is a healthy, hearty soup that will satisfy your belly and your soul. I swear taking a big bite will just make you so happy.
Slow Cooker Chickpea Curry is one of those meals that really packs in the flavour with minimal fuss! Warming and nourishing, it’s perfect to whip up on the morning of a busy weekday or works just as well for your weekend fakeaway.
This 20 min Greek skillet is a healthy chickpea recipe with 28 g veg protein and loads of satisfying flavor!
These gluten free and vegan sheet pan chickpea fajitas are so easy to make and are packed with flavor! They are made with simple healthy ingredients making them a great dinner option for any night of the week!
This easy, one pot chickpea & spinach curry is packed full of flavour for a great, no fuss weeknight dinner. Inspired by Indian cuisine, this healthy vegan curry is quick to make and also perfect for meal prep.
These roasted chickpea tacos have cubes of sweet potato and are generously spiced with homemade taco seasoning and ground chipotle chili pepper. Drizzled with a simple chipotle yogurt sauce, they make for one satisfying dinner!
These Easy Air Fryer Falafels are deliciously crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Healthier than the deep fried versions, air fryer falafels are perfect for serving up as snacks, appetizers, or as a satisfying meal.
Middle Eastern Roasted Chickpea Pitas- your new favorite vegetarian meal to whip up in under 30 minutes. Quick & packed with flavors!
Zucchini & Spaghetti Olio with Chickpeas and Mozzarella - Half zucchini noodles and half spaghetti noodles make for a satisfying and healthy low(er) carb meal!
Make best ever restaurant style chana masala using basic ingredients available at home. Its simple, easy, vegan, gluten free and without store bought chana masala powder or spice mix.
Desserts
Yes! you can use chickpeas in your desserts. Chickpeas have a neutral flavor so they easily add a protein to your desserts without you even noticing it.
S'mores Dessert Hummus is for the S'mores addict that loves a good treat, but wants it to be healthy too. You really won't believe it's a hummus! Yum!
Dense, moist, crumbly and chewy like a “typical” blondie recipe, but these healthy Peppermint-White Chocolate Chickpea Blondies are secretly lower in fat, and higher in protein and fiber! They’re delicious year ’round, with a fun flavor combo that’s just perfect for the holidays.
Chocolate Cherry Dessert Hummus is your delicious summer treat for when you're craving something sweet but still want to maintain that bikini body! Dig in!!
This Chocolate Dessert Hummus is a surprisingly addicting healthy sweet treat. You'll love dripping crunchy pretzels and fruit into it.
