Thursday, February 16, 2012

Roasted Chickpea Snacks

Wow, these things are incredible. A great replacement for fat filled, greasy, empty calorie potato chips. These also make a delicious addition to any salad.

*Canned or home prepared chickpeas (as many as you like)
*Enough Grapeseed, Coconut or any other heat stable oil to VERY lightly coat the chickpeas
*Sea Salt (to taste)
*Pepper (to taste)
*Garlic Powder (to taste)

Rinse and drain your canned chickpeas, or use your home cooked chickpeas. Dry them on a towel. Put all your chickpeas into a bowl and drizzle a tiny amount of oil onto them, just enough to very lightly coat them, and stir. Add all of your seasonings and stir to evenly disperse the spices. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for approx. 40 minutes tossing them every ten minutes to ensure they don't burn.

Feel free to mix up the seasonings. You can use anything you like: Cumin, Curry, Paprika, Cayenne, Nutritional Yeast, Sage, Rosemary or even try something sweet like Cinnamon, Allspice, etc. I would like to try them with wasabi powder, kind of like wasabi peas. YUM!

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