Lentils and Chickpeas

[Jaysquared]

Does anyone know any YUMMY recipes with chickpeas or lentils?

 

THANKS

[maximo]

Hi ! Last night I had green lentils with bits of bacon and fried onions, and that was delicious. Also very simple to cook. Lentils go well with all pork dishes, like ham or bacon. I can't help you with chickpeas, as I don't like them and never use them, but I know that you can make salads or even veggie burgers with them .

[thikasabrik]

My favourite dip, hummus is very easy to make. Put a 425g (15oz) can of chickpeas in a blender with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 large clove crushed garlic, 4 tablespoons lemon juice & a bit of salt and pepper.  Whizz it up until it looks like mayonnaise and then eat! (If it is a bit too thick, I water it down using a bit of the liquid from the tin the chickpeas came in).

[Headtime]

There are loads here from the sublime BBC Food site;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=foo d&q=lentil&x=0&y=0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=lentils &x=15&y=18&scope=food&recipe=food

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=chickpe a&x=0&y=0&scope=food&recipe=food

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=chickpe as&x=46&y=17&scope=food&recipe=food

Hope this gives some inspiration.

[toecrusher]

put them in a pressure cooker with every other veg you can lay your hands on, a couple of veg stock cubes and you will have a very tasty and almost calorie free soup. a pan will do , just takes longer to cook .

[Marvin84]

You could make a chicken and lentil cacciatore - which is Fab!!! (in the Women's Weekly Low Fat cookbook)

:-)