Get ready to learn a whole lot from this episode’s guest, Debra McLennan from the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission.
Pulses are the dry edible seeds of pod plants in the legume family. Pulses include field peas, dry beans, lentils and chickpeas and are high in protein and fibre and low in fat.
The Alberta Pulse Growers is an organization representing 5,400 growers of field pea, dry bean, lentil, chickpea, faba bean and soybean in Alberta. And Debra herself is the Food & Nutrition Coordinator with the organization. She knows everything there is to know about growing pulses and bringing them into our diets through cooking and baking. As she says, she’s teaching us the basics in this episode, so obviously there’s lots more to know!
We learned you can add pureéd lentils to a muffin batter and nobody will suspect they’re in there! You’ve got delicious, moist, protein-packed baked treats ready to fuel your adventures or keep you going between meals. We made two muffin recipes from the Alberta Pulse Growers website, Orange Cranberry and Pumpkin Chai – both were fantastic! Visit their website for these any many more amazing recipes!
We also tried roasting lentils to use as a crunchy flavourful salad topper or snack. Try them in place of or mixed with breadcrumbs in any recipe, or added to granola (there’s a great granola recipe on the Alberta Pulse Growers website, too).
We can’t wait to introduce more pulses to our meals and make the most of this locally-grown, nutritious and affordable ingredient.
Keep scrolling for links to the Alberta Pulse Growers, as well as other things we chatted about in this episode.
Episode Links
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~ Alberta Pulse Growers Website
~ Alberta Pulse Growers on Instagram
~ Braiding Sweetgrass Book
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the Positive Vibes that we sent out into
the universe came back to us on this one
the perfect guest Debra mclenon the food
and nutrition coordinator from the
Alberta pulse Growers commission what
are pulses pulses are part of the
legging family it’s the dry edible seed
of a pod plant pules typically uh have a
really beneficial effect for improving
soral quality from a nutrition
standpoint pules are an excellent source
of plant-based protein neither of us had
realized you could puree and bake it
into a muffin we love them so much I
mean if you go to our website we have
Ting recipes pulses you know there’s
such a budget friendly way to extend a
recipe as you can see I’m very
enthusiastic about
it we love it there’s so many
interesting ways that you can use pulses
we feel so much better informed and
ready to cook