Chick peas - a lunch time experiment

[Stitch147]

I was a bit disorganised today and didnt take lunch to work with me. So I popped down to my works restaurant (we arent allowed to call it a canteen!!!) to see what they had, its not normally diabetic friendly, sandwiches, jacket pots and fish and chips (as its friday) but they have started to do a more healthy range. So I spotted a chick pea, vegetable and chicken salad. I love chick peas so i'm giving it a try.
Not really had chick peas since being diagnosed. So fingers crossed.
Also there was loads of donuts on offer as its apparently national donut week!!!
I'm only experimenting with the chick peas and not the donuts!!!

 

[bilbie]

I experimented with chickpeas once, but gave up in disgust. I found it much too hard to put a hole in them and I couldn't get the sugar to stick. I hope you have better luck.

 

[Stitch147]

Well the salad was lovely. I was at 8.1 before lunch and 7.6 2 hours after. So if I'm stuck at work again I'll definitely have it.

 

[Northerner]

Well the salad was lovely. I was at 8.1 before lunch and 7.6 2 hours after. So if I'm stuck at work again I'll definitely have it.

Great result Stitch! 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

I eat lots of different beans & pulses (due to my wife's insistence) and find most are ok. Chickpeas are my favourite ones & are nice in a salad.

 

[KookyCat]

Glad they worked well for you, I eat my own body weight in chickpeas love em, and you can roast them to make a crispy snack too...yum 🙂

 

[bilbie]

I'm glad it worked for you.
This is something I like, chickpea flour roti wraps (made like pancakes)
I add an egg to this instead of the plain flour
http://breads-pies.qualitylivingstyles.com/channa roti.html

 

[Martin Canty]

add an egg to this instead of the plain flour

Looks interesting, whole egg or just egg white?

 

[bilbie]

Looks interesting, whole egg or just egg white?

Everything is whole egg with me, now that dietary cholesterol has been given the OK and eggs are back on the good list 🙂
Gluten powder (not high gluten flour) is surprisingly low carb, they wash the starch out..it's very good to give structure to LC baked goods

 

[Carolg]

I'm glad it worked for you.
This is something I like, chickpea flour roti wraps (made like pancakes)
I add an egg to this instead of the plain flour
http://breads-pies.qualitylivingstyles.com/channa roti.html

How do you make them bilberry? Oh and hello

 

[bilbie]

How do you make them bilberry? Oh and hello

OHHH, I wanted to do it the easy way and just put up a link 🙂

You will find out what you like better, as you make different batches and change things. The egg and rising agent gives the binding/lightness
I change it a bit, as well as egg, I add ghee/clarified butter (cheap homemade, very easy on youtube, better to under cook than over cook when making ghee)
Then sometimes, I add oat bran, almond meal or desiccated coconut, as a filler for less carb.
Then I play with the spices, depending what I'm eating it with. Start with added flavour, but once you are use to the chickpea, just plain is good too

 

[Carolg]

Thanks bilbie.sorry spellcheck went wild