Chickpeas with Garlic and Bay Leaves - Feast Your Eyes

by Cheryl Brown, Posted Jan 25th 2010 @ 10:00AM

When you see something as delicious looking as this, becoming vegetarian not only seems perfectly feasible, but desirable.

All it takes to transform a humble can of chickpeas into this elegant dish is garlic, shallot, bay leaf and olive oil (oh, and some time in a 400-degree oven). The cook responsible for the above masterpiece also has a thing for Swiss chard, and thus stirs some in on occasion for a completely satisfying side dish.

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Filed Under: Feast Your Eyes, Features
Tags: bay leaf, chickpeas, garlic, vegetarian

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 6)

1-25-2010 @5:22PM Steven Ruza said... This doesnt look that appealing... - Steven Ruza
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1-26-2010 @6:44AM Kalvin said... I totally agree. It actually looks disgusting.

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1-26-2010 @5:18PM Anna said... I can't believe they said it looked delicious either..... it MIGHT taste good, but it sure doesn't look like it would be...

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1-26-2010 @9:05AM Tymmyy said... I think a hamburger and fries looks better.

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1-26-2010 @10:46AM Alex said... I agree this is not a good picture to convince someone to be a vegetarian. They should have sent you to goveg.com that was enough to convince me to never eat meat again and the pictures of the animals is extremely disturbing.

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1-26-2010 @12:37PM ADRIAN said... WHERES THE RECIPE FOR THIS DELICIOUS TREAT?

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1-26-2010 @12:23PM craig said... What a pathetic attempt at trying to win us over to gazing. If you want us to eat grass, show us a disgusting picture animals being slaughtered, not a disgusting picture of vegetables lying in a wheelbarrow of yard waste.

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1-26-2010 @12:37PM Al Schrader said... Beans are good in salads, for example - three bean salad, but humans are meant to eat meat. Al-

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1-26-2010 @1:27PM MaximumJoe said... I once got drunk and ate hominy. Needless to say, that is exactly what it looks like when you drink 16 tequila shots and then eat hominy. It looked like that all over my bathroom lol!

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1-26-2010 @1:44PM pyrat said... Where's the beef???

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1-26-2010 @1:55PM pyrat said... If Vegetarian's only eat vegetables, what do Humanitarian's only eat??? hummmmmmm????

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1-26-2010 @2:09PM Stormy said... To ADRIAN: To get to the recipe... click on the link that says "above masterpiece"...

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1-26-2010 @2:39PM Linda said... This dish is really much better than it looks but I agree, there are much better pictures to make you want to go veg such as MEAT.ORG - the website the meat industry does NOT want you to see, EVER!! And besides, meat eating animals have very long teeth with very short colons so that meat doesn't rot and ferment causing colon cancer that has become rampant in humans. Meat starts rotting after four hours but takes 3-5 days to eliminate it, ewwww!

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1-26-2010 @7:32PM MAMMOTHMAN said... Heck, If I was a vegetarian and saw that that will make me start eating meat.

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1-26-2010 @2:21AM chargeorge said... While it may not look amazing, it's a dish that renders a truly glorious transformation on chickpeas. The oil, the bay, the garlic, infuses deeply into them, giving them a texture that is velvety, and a flavor that is complex, a bit nutty and a bit sweet. With the vegetal funk and sharp garlic of the chard it's really great. A fried egg on top makes this dish really full of win.
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1-26-2010 @2:09PM Victoria said... Chargeorge, you reveal yourself as a cook who knows his way around the kitchen. Anyone who knows anything about garlic and shallots knows the magic that occurs with roasting as they become richly sweet and while I'll agree this is not an especially pretty picture I can't wait to try this dish.. Chick peas have a wonderful ability to absorb flavors so this dish sounds wonderful. I love both meat and vegetables and believe we have the right to eat both, though I do believe that animals deserve the right to being raised in healthy environments with plenty of sunshine, green grass and fresh clean water with humane methods of slaughter.
We bring condemnation upon ourselves by denying them these rights for the sake of greater profits.

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1-26-2010 @12:07PM Chris said... It looks OK. The eighth pic on the linked site looks a lot more appealing.

Vegetarian food can be great, but you gotta work at it.
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