{"id":1088,"date":"2017-03-16T23:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T06:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2018-08-06T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T06:25:22","slug":"chickpeas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/chickpeas\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do with Chickpeas – Real Food Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chickpeas are a good source of protein and fiber, and can help control blood sugar, improve digestion, and protect against heart disease.<\/p>\n

If you have IBS or other intestinal problems however, you want to be careful with eating chickpeas. Also, chickpeas are not a part of a paleo diet since paleo excludes all legumes, including chickpeas. There are lots of people though who eat paleo-inspired, but add some “easier to digest” legumes like lentils and chickpeas, grass-fed organic dairy in moderation, and pseudo-grains like quinoa and buckwheat.<\/p>\n

I do eat chickpeas, but I don’t eat them every day. Preferably you want to start from raw chickpeas and soak them before cooking them, but I do at some points buy the already made chickpeas as a healthier fast food option when we haven’t planned ahead to cook chickpeas ourselves. Here’s how we soak and cook chickpeas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Use raw, unsprouted chickpeas that haven’t been prepared yet in any way.<\/li>\n
  2. Place chickpeas in a bowl or pot and cover with water. Let them soak for 12-24 hours. Rinse the chickpeas and replace the water after 12 hours.<\/li>\n
  3. Rinse and replace the water once more and cook on the stove for 1.5-2 hours on low heat.<\/li>\n
  4. Store in fridge and use within 4 days of cooking, or divide up in smaller containers and place in freezer to use in cooking at a later time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I usually soak and cook larger batches of chickpeas at a time and then freeze in smaller portions so I always have some available to make hummus out of, or to add chickpeas to a stew, soup, stir fry, or salad.<\/p>\n

    What to make with chickpeas:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Chickpeas are a good source of protein and fiber, and can help control blood sugar, improve digestion, and protect against heart disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[292],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worthitliving.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}