CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIPHUMMUS aka HUMUS(Keywords: CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP, chiropractic, hummus, humus, sesame tahini, authentic hummus recipe )CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP, aka CHOUMI to the Greeks, HUMMUS, or HUMUS to the rest of the world, is a delicious protein-rich dip that's easy to make but needs a little afore thought. It's definitely not a last-minute-dot-com dish! Yet it doesn't take much time to prepare - it now takes me only FOUR minutes to make. The chickpeas need to be soaked at least overnight and preferably longer - 15 hours. Starving at 11am? Constipation, heart problems, high cholesterol..? Chickpea dishes are for you. The Garbanzo bean (Chickpea) is the world's favourite legume. Neither a bean, nor a pea, more Garbanzos are eaten than either the common green bean or the garden pea. It's delicious (if you add some goodies!) and rich in vegetable protein, particularly tryptophan, an 'essential' amino acid, used for example in the body to manufacture melatonin - it helps you sleep bettter.
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INGREDIENTS
How to make TAHINI ... Update: I now always make my own. PS. I'm making this delic CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP as I type! I want it to go with our salad. Last night, I put the Chickpeas in a bowl to soak. This morning, just before I left for the Chiropractic Coalface ... I brought them to the boil for ten minutes. When I arrived home this evening, I pitched out the liquid (don't pour it onto your potted plants as one patient was doing - it has a growth inhibitor!). Swill the peas out a few times with fresh water and then put them on to boil until tender. About an hour. The must be tender. When cooked, drop the cloves of garlic into the boiling mixture for about 1 minute. It takes the bite off the garlic. Tip off and discard the liquid and again rinse a few times with fresh water. SAVE THE PLANET: Grains like rice, lentils (what's that? Lentil protein ...) and dried Garbanzo beans for your CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP don't need a full two hours of cooking. Bring vigorously to the boil for about half an hour, and then switch off the heat. Let them soak further, and then boil until tender. Nibble one bean - are they cooked? A bit longer? Update: Otherwise preparing your hummus / humus leaves quite a big carbon footprint - it takes quite a lot of energy to prepare. I recommend one of two things. After the soaking, either prepare a large quantity and freeze the cooked beans in separate cup-sized containers, or pressure cook. Same with a boiled egg. Pour only a smiggin of water in the pot, add your egg, bring slowly to the boil and, immediately it's steaming hard, switch off. In twenty minutes you have your hard boiled egg. (I roll the egg about a few times)
NUTRITIONAL VIRTUES OF CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIPApart from being a very rich source of vegetable protein - CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP stays with you for the whole day, so you don't get hungry two hours later - chickpeas are loaded with the soluble fibre - the gel - that gives you a happy tummy. (PS if they're cooked fully). That's the stuff that deals effectively with constipation.There's lots of research that proves that garbanzo beans, and in fact all legumes, drastically reduce the bad cholesterol in your blood (LDLs). They are also rich in a trace element that is quite difficult to get, molybdenum; magnesium and Folic acid. All these have been proved to greatly reduce heart disease - for various reasons - Wiki them if you want more details. The joy of foods like our CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP,
APPLE SALAD RECIPE ... and
PICKLED BEETS ... OLIVE GARDEN SALAD RECIPEWhilst the Garbanzos are boiling, I get on with the preparation of the Olive Garden Salad Recipe ... Made in a jiffy.Then you will be ready to spoon the scrumptious CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP onto your salad, garnish with a few olives and Bob's your uncle, you have the perfect salmagundi. Add a sliced boiled egg if you like, there's enough soluble fibre here to keep your blood cholesterol in good shape.
HUMMUS
You guessed it. Liquidise. Mm, it's a bit thick, the blender is taking strain. More olive oil, or a bit of yoghurt perhaps for a change? Update: been adding more yoghurt - it definitely improves the humus.
Honest injunThe honest truth is that plain hummus ( CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP ) is rather boring. It has very little taste. You eat it because it's good for you. But... you can make it delicious, to your own particular fancy. I like to add radishes from the garden, or celery, or some chili, or a fruit yoghurt. Experiment is the keyword... HOW TO GROW RADISHES …easy as falling off a bus!I eat hummus every single day. Literally. On bread, with a salad, on a biscuit, even with my breakfast cereal.
Oh, whilst I did nearly forget the Tahini in our CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP but mustn't forget ... Sae let the Lord be thankitSome hae meat and cannae eat Some would eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat Sae let the Lord be thankit
Our children they are crying Too weak to eat they've got no meat They spend their living dying
Your TITHEIf you say grace before dinner, Robbie Burns or otherwise, then this is a Children's Fund in Ghana that is worth supporting. $ 110 will for a whole year feed and teach a street child a marketable skill. Read more about the Africa Enterprise (a VERY reputable Christian organisation) street children's fund ... http://aeinternational.org/belgium/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=16&Itemid=16PULP OF LEMON AND ORANGEWhilst I confess I haven't made the same comparison with a lemon, an investigation of ORANGE JUICE FACTS ... reveals that there is an enormous difference between using the whole orange, pulp and all, and only the juice. OJ from a carton has minimal vitamin C, folate, magnesium... and all the other goodies are deficient. Rather use the whole fruit when making your CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP ( hummus ). Eat whole oranges and apples, and avoid the high Glycemic Index fruit juices. They stress your pancreas and increase the insulin output, that hormone that turns blood sugar to FAT!
OBESITYDo we always eat like this? Nearly, certainly three nights a week. But the helpings of soup and chicken curry are very small. And the salad is enormous! In any case you won't get fat eating CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP on a giant salad.The key to losing weight is NOT eating less of the healthy fats (like olive oil) (Why? Because nerves are coated in the good fats and new research is confirming that the really serious Neurological diseases (like motor neurone disease) are caused by a high carb/ low fat diet. Read more ...
TINGLING IN ARMS AND HANDS ...
It's all about balance. Eat plenty of fruit, salad and our Chickpea Garbanzo Bean dip, and you can enjoy some dairy without guilt. I do, and my cholesterol is fine. Oh, and of course, tomorrow's lunch sandwiches always include a slice of bread smeared generously with Humus, and a couple slithers of tomato and, if you have it in the garden, a few leaves of fresh sweet basil. In fact, I've taken to adding a generous tablespoon to my cereal in the morning. Then I don't get ravenous at the CHIROPRACTIC COALFACE 2 at 11am! Increased fibre slashes cariovascular disease ratesA 14-year long study, reported in J.Nutr June, 2010, of 60 000 Japanese men and women found that:The researchers conclude that: “Dietary intakes of fibre, both insoluble and soluble fibres, and especially fruit and cereal fibers, may reduce risk of mortality from coronary heart disease.” TIP: Hummus tastes great with fruit other than lemon too. I make hummus regularly, and we eat it EVERY day, that's one of the reasons my cholesterol is 4,2 (about 160 I believe in American figures) and this time I used a whole orange instead of lemon. Last time it was a peach, that's still my favourite. Nope: grapes are now my family's favourite in my CHICKPEA GARBANZO BEAN DIP! It's not rocket science: Double the fibre in your diet and you decrease the risk of heart disease by a half. GROWING CHICKPEASGot a bit of space in the veggie garden? Think about growing chickpeas, your very own, but only if you live in hot summer area, with low summer rainfall, like California. They have a long growing season, and frankly whilst I grow a few for green chickpeas, they are a pain to reap. Green or dried, they are delic and healthy.
GROWING GREEN BEANSCOOKING GREEN BEANS is something that even the dumbest male can learn to do! After all, I can do it! What's more in fifteen minutes from start to finish. I call it SLOW FOOD MADE FAST. Eight weeks to grow them, five minutes to pick them, three minutes to top 'n tail, and two minutes to cook after they've come to the boil.The bean, full of protein and healthy carbohydrate, a wonder food, full stop...... delic, healthy, very low glycemic index, low in calories, full of anti-oxidants, rich in folate and vitamin B6 to prevent homocysteine build up, what more do you want?!!!
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PROTEIN
I'm starting with the vegetable sources, not because I'm suggesting you become a vegetarian, but because there's much research indicating we should eat less animal protein.
Vegetable protein
TOFU NUTRITION
Green snap beans are nearly 2% protein.
CHICKPEAS
AUTHENTIC HUMMUS RECIPE ... make it in 4 mins
LENTIL PROTEIN ...throw a handful in whenever you cook rice.
Fish protein
WAYS TO COOK SALMON
SMOKED SALMON DIP RECIPE
Free-range Chicken
CHICKEN BONES ...for osteoarthritis
Guineafowl, pheasant, wild duck... if you can get it.
Red meat
A omega-3/ omega-6 ratio of almost 1 is excellent. Cornfed beed raises the omega-6 alarmingly creating an arthritic tendency.
We avoided pork in Europe. It has absolutely no taste... but if you can find free range pork... be prepared to pay extra, just eat less. Worth every cent.
MUTTON STEW