How do you eat chickpeas....?

microwave them for 1 minute....

How to Sprout Beans and Seeds

Place chickpeas, seeds or beans in a sprouting jar with a mesh top. Cover seeds or beans with pure reverse osmosis water. Soak for the amount of time required at least 6 hours, pouring off the excess water and rinsing with pure water. Tip jar at a steep angle in a dish drain to pour off reminder of the water. Rinse twice daily.

After the allotted germination time usually 4-6 days the sprouts will be ready to harvest. Place sprouts in a sterile sink or large bowl half filled with pure water. Swish them gently to remove the hulls.

Using your fingers gently remove the sprouts from the water leaving the hulls behind. Repeat the process remembering the fewer hulls remaining on the sprouts, the longer the life of the sprouts.

Place sprouts on paper towel for half an hour allowing the excess water on the tiny plants to air dry. Place the sprouts in a Ziploc bag along with a paper towel to absorb any excess moisture.

Do not over stuff bags or crush the sprouts as that will encourage rot. Use in salads, on sandwiches, and as garnish.

An Extraordinary Sprout Salad

Sprout together: 2 Tbs. each Adzuki, Garbanzo, French Lentil, Mung Beans and Sunflower Seeds. Follow directions as above soaking for 6 - 12 hours. Rinse twice daily draining well.

Harvest after 5 – 6 days.

Place in a large bowl.

Add

3 Tbs. Dulse* Flakes

¼ Cup Small Pimiento Stuffed Spanish Olives

And 3 Tbs Spanish Olive packing liquid

Juice of ½ Freshly Squeezed Lemon

Toss together. Place in a pretty glass bowl and serve with pride.

Awesome! Totally delicious.

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Enjoy.

Hummus is really good, so is felafel, but you have to cook felalfel. To make hummus, you'll need a food processor or a blender and 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1-2 tablespoons sesame oil and salt and pepper to taste. Combine all ingredients and puree until smooth. Serve with pita bread.

They can be eaten kind off raw... they have Kidney beans at Pizza Hut raw - but they are usually like the tinned ones so they might have been cooked a bit before!?! But generally it is just better cooking them and adding the spices... makes a graet veggie curry :-)

Yum, I love to eat chickpeas raw with chopped tomatoes and/or greenbeans, some chopped garlic or onions, and some red wine vinegar and oil. If you let this all soak for a little while, they won't be as hard, and it's soooo tangy and good!

If you don't like tangy, the oil by itself is good too :)

Soak them in warm salt water with a dash of baking soda over night. They will be soft enough to eat but still firm and tender. You can grind them in a food processor with some cumin, garlic olive oil and make patties out of them to deep fry. They're called falafel.

Chickpeas & many other Legumes can be eaten "Raw". 1st they are soaked then ideally sprouted, at this point they are ready to eat on salads or made into other raw food recipes.

boil them in water with pinch of soda bicarb

you must cook them, why don't you want to cook them? If its because you don't want to bother then buy canned ones.

lots of ways... i love them crushed and eaten with pita bread. it's called hummus :-)