A Recipe for One-Pot Chickpeas & Rice

This recipe for one-pot chickpeas and rice (Exploring Vegan) is so simple to make, and very nutritious, packed with protein and calcium. Don’t throw away the water. You can whizz it up with a little sugar to make vegan meringue. Really

Once opened, store leftover tinned chickpeas in a covered bowl. For tinned ingredients, pop lids inside cans (or pop ring-pulls back over holes) to avoid wildlife getting trapped).

Before cooking, read our post on food safety for people and pets (many foods including onion, garlic, garlic and spices are unsafe near animal friends).

It’s best to just bin allium scraps (leeks, onion, garlic, shallots, chives) as like tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps, acids could harm compost creatures.