With homegrown plants, you can harvest dried beans or pick immature chickpea pods for fresh eating, similar to edamame. Chickpeas are valued as nitrogen-fixing companion plants for crops that ...

Chickpeas also contain phytoestrogens which are weak plant versions of real oestrogen. There's evidence that these may modulate the body's own production of the hormone in a way that could lower ...

Functionality includes both taste and nutrition. For the chickpea and pea tempeh to function practically as a plant-based meat option, it needs to be tasty. "If it's not tasteful, people won't ...