Tasty garbanzo bean recipe to kickstart your weight loss

I’m excited to share my first easy, tasty recipe with you. No matter what I did in the past, my stubborn weight never came off easily, I always felt tired and my feet would hurt a lot. I thought I couldn’t lose weight because of my genetics – until I started eating differently.

Today I’m sharing one of the recipes that helped me lose my first 10 pounds in 1 month.

Before I lost weight, I struggled throughout my whole life with:

Cravings for sweets and food that was full of flavor
Maintaining a weight I was happy with
Feeling guilty that I was not doing enough and not being as motivated as I needed to feel and see results

I blamed myself for lack of results — I told myself that I should eat less, exercise more, and stay motivated.

After a while, tired of feeling like a failure, I came to the conclusion that my body was the problem. I told myself:

“I am big-boned“

“My frame is just naturally bigger than others because of genetics“ and

“My metabolism is low because I’m getting older.“

These beliefs helped me justify sitting at a place well over my ideal weight for my whole life. Today, I defy my own statement and easily live dozens of pounds and 3 sizes lower than what I believed was my lowest weight possible. I did it from changing the way I was eating. I wish I didn’t waste all that time feeling guilty and bad about myself – I could have felt so much better sooner in life if someone had told me then what I know now.

My sister still reminds me of how I just didn’t believe I could lose weight when we were growing up and even well into my twenties and early thirties.

Today I am going to share one of my recipes that helped me lose 10 pounds in 1 month.If you haven’t signed up for my email list yet, sign up immediately so that you will won’t miss my tips and recipes in the future — they will come right to you at your email box.

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Curried Garbanzo Beans

One of my favorite recipes that helped me lose 10 pounds in 1 month is Curried Garbanzo Beans. Today I am posting my recipe and a video that shows how to make it.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped lengthwise
2 cloves garlic chopped
1 inch ginger chopped
1 large jalapenoe / serrano pepper, chopped
1/2 small tomato chopped
1/4 small can tomato paste (if do not have paste can use 1/4 small can of tomato sauce or use another ½ tomato)
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
1/2 teaspoon chana masala (or ½ tsp. each of cumin powder and coriander powder)
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
15.5 oz (1 can) garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, or 1 cup cooked raw garbanzo beans
2 cups water
1/2 cup cilantro chopped (for garnish)
1/2 onion, chopped (for garnish)

Instructions

Heat oil in medium sized pot on medium heat.
Add onion, garlic, ginger and chilies and mix until onion becomes light brown, about 10 — 15 minutes.
Add tomato and tomato paste and mix.
Add spices and roast uncovered for 2-3 minutes.
Add garbanzo beans and mix together for 5 minutes.
Add 2 cups of water, or enough to more than cover the beans. Cover and cook on medium low heat for 30 minutes.
Garnish with cilantro and chopped onions.

Notes

Tip - Eat with vegetables and:

Quinoa or brown rice (instead of white rice) OR
Eggs, fish or meat OR
One roti or piece of whole-wheat bread.

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Tasty garbanzo bean recipe to kickstart your weight loss - MasalaBody.com (2024)