Garbanzo beans are great, but the dry ones take a long time to cook. This worked for me: Boil for 2 minutes, wait an hour, drain, add water and cook. I think it took 2.5 hours or more.

They freeze well, so I make a lot at once, two 1 lb bags.

I also make the "15 bean soup" bags from the grocery store, with extra canned tomatoes, chopped carrots, onions, hot sauce, etc. I freeze this, too, but the texture isn't so good after thawing. Still tastes good, though. I freeze 2 ladles full in a ziploc, so I can thaw out one big bowl's worth.

I'll throw in my favorite brown rice recipe:
I always use Trader Joe's Basmati brown rice--it's great.

1 cup rice
2.5 cups water
use a quart size covered dish.
Microwave on high for about 6 minutes to start it boiling,
20% power for 30-40 minutes. (I use the 2nd cooking program to set both at once)
No stirring or watching needed. Easy.

Rice freezes pretty well, also.