DO: Make this soup if you like chickpeas. Because you use three cans of them.
DON’T use baby spinach as your green, because they will get slimy (Yes. Sorry) and will be the worst thing about this soup.
DO use one of those hand blender things (or even a potato masher) to mash this up a little if you want. Or…
DON’T if you want chunky soup to throw over cous cous or rice.
DO bring this to your next soup swap.
DO you like chickpeas as much as I do?
Rainbow Chard with Chickpea stew
The Chickpea stays in the picture (or all about my first time soaking raw chickpeas)
I bet you DON’T!
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Love, love, love chickpeas! Must be because I’m a chick. Have been trying to perfect chana masala over the past three months (using canned chickpeas of course!). All I know is ghee is key. Do you have any recipes for for a good chana?
I’m pretty sure I don’t like chickpeas as much as you do! But I do like hummus -is this sort of like hummus? And I do like soup…I may have to give this a try! Did the kids like it?
Bonnie – the girl loves chickpeas. The boy hates them. What you gonna do?
If you found the spinach too slimy, you could try Swiss chard, which is more sturdy. Or kale, which is sturdiest of all! If you use kale, you will want to actually cook it in the soup for a few minutes.
Another idea for when you make it next: put the raw baby spinach leaves in each bowl, and ladle the piping hot soup into the bowl, and that heat will wilt it enough without making it slimy. IMHO.
Oh Dorothy I sit at your knee!