Chickpeas

Yes, chickpeas are cheap. But they're also healthy—and completely and utterly delicious. Here's a bunch of ways to use garbanzos to get dinner on the table, fast.

When the sun’s blazing and the mercury’s rising, try a refreshing no-cook salad to cool you down.

There is not a way I don’t like a chickpea or, indeed, a time when I couldn’t eat mashed potatoes, and this is a very happy combination of both, while being very gratifyingly its own thing. It offers comfort, uplift, aromatic zing, and ease – just what you want when lacking time or energy or both. While I eat this all the year round, I do think of it as the perfect summer version of a bowl of wintry mashed potatoes. And cold, this bumpy chickpea mash is wonderful as a kind of tahini-free hummus.

Full of flavour and easy to make, this is a salad you'll want over and over.

Complete with crispy pita chips and sweet pomegranate seeds, this spicy yet refreshing salad will brighten your day.