Ok, so we’re back from NoCal, the equivalent of a blogging black hole for me. Last week our family spent some time with my parents and younger brother in Cali while my husband gave a speech in San Francisco. It’s not that we didn’t cook, or that we didn’t eat just sickly amazing food, it’s that, while I’m there, things seem to turn completely inward, and I cannot get anything particularly productive done. So, here I am again, very refreshed after seeing parents/grandparents, godparents, brothers/uncles and friends-including, a delightful new friend, 7 week old Maryem, the daughter of my friend Catrina.
We hung out a lot in the sunshine and had to apply oodles of sunscreen since all of us were not blessed with a Mediterranean complexion. (re: We’re serious whities.) All of that slathering reminded me to share a trick we have to get any lingering sunscreen off and to exfoliate very gently in the process by using chickpea flour. It’s very safe for children and you can make a lot of chickpea flour for hardly any money at all.
This is not a recipe, per se, but here is what you do. Help your Yummy measure out 2 cups of dry chickpeas. Pour the chickpeas into your food processor*** with the blade attachment and process until you have a powdery flour, about 5-10 minutes.
To use on your face, take a teaspoon for children or a tablespoon of the chickpea flour for Big People and mix it in a small bowl with an equal amount of water. Wet your skin, and rub the chickpea flour around in little circular motions, avoiding the eye area. Rinse off with warm water. For the rest of your body, apply the flour to a wet washcloth and then to the skin in circular motions.
12/08/2009 at 8:44 pm Permalink
We've heard a lot about chickpea flour…even used it in savory pancakes one day. It has an interesting flavor.
13/08/2009 at 7:57 am Permalink
Oh fantastic. I love chickpea flour, being married to an Indian means i have to….hehe
xxx
13/08/2009 at 10:25 am Permalink
Sounds fabulous, thanks for the info!
I'm really happy to do that guest post you wanted and I'm happy to have you do one on my blog too!
13/08/2009 at 4:06 pm Permalink
Wow! I have never heard that trick. With my red hair and pasty skin I thought I knew all of the tricks! I will definitely try this. Glad you had fun, I love San Fran.. oh the food.. the food!
p.s. I was one of those people that only drank water and juice and then one day I got a job that had me working early in the morning and I need a pick me up, so I tried some Diet Coke. I found that I am now in love with the taste, the bubbles on my throat, and the little buzz it gives me. It's a great thing for someone who doesn't drink coffee!
14/08/2009 at 1:39 am Permalink
Brilliant! I have a bag of chickpea's in the pantry. I'll give it a whirl!
Happy Day!