I'm going to experiment with bean burgers with either flax or chia meal, and maybe a little chickpea flour instead of bread crumbs or grains. Anyone tried it and have tips to hazards to share?
Cyndi - I actually did this on accident recently and it worked out well. You do need something to hold a burger together and chickpea flour is a good option. Almond flour and coconut flour might work as well.
I did try the ground chia/garbanzo flour combo. It was pretty good but needs a little fine tuning. We are very careful about grains around here and I'd rather not mix them with beans just because the carb count is higher than we want. I served the burgers on flax muffins with chilis mixed in. Those were great.
I find that chickpea flour can be a little difficult to work with, and has it's own unique flavor, so it's important that you experiment a bit with it to make sure the flavors work. Why not just try out a few things? It should be fun.
Also, where are you finding your chickpea flour? I can only find it at Indian groceries.