Kate Winslet has revealed the one food she can't "live without" because it's "just so good for us". The Hollywood star was a guest on a recent episode of the Table Manners podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware, where she opened up about her dietary preferences.Kate, 48, explained her vegan husband Edward Abel Smith's diet made her adept at cooking with the superfood.
She confessed: "I couldn't live without chickpeas. Actually, I couldn't live without chickpeas and olive oil, really, because I just...I feel like I just; we use so much of it.
But chickpeas in particular because they are just so good for us."She added: "They are full of calcium; they are very high in protein and when you live with someone who's plant-based, you get really good at doing loads of different things with chickpeas - chickpea flour; it's fantastic." To Kate's joy, her 10-year-old son Bear is also a fan of chickpeas, especially in the form of hummus.
She said: "He's always eaten hummus, thank goodness."Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, belong to the same legume family as kidney beans and offer numerous health benefits, according to WebMD.