Roasted Chickpeas

Where was this snack last year when we did the Clean Program?! The team over at the Clean Program website released a bunch of holiday recipes and one of them was Roasted Chickpeas. Kinda makes me wish we had started this before the holidays....okay, maybe not. Who can resist cheesy potatoes, spinach dip and chocolate, lots of chocolate.

Roasted Chickpeas

1 lb chickpeas
2 tbs olive oil
your choice of seasoning, I used sea salt, onion powder, garlic powder and red pepper powder

I used a 1 lb bag of dried chickpeas and soaked them overnight in enough water to cover them, with a few inches of water above them. I then drained and rinsed the chickpeas before adding them to a pot with, again, enough water to cover them with a few inches above. After it starts boiling, you lower the temp and let it simmer for 40-60 minutes or until they're tender. Then you drain them, pat them dry and put them on an ungreased cookie sheet, as evenly as possible. Put in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees for 20-40 minutes or until golden and crunchy (this took almost an hour for me). Immediately add the roasted chickpeas to a bowl with your olive oil and seasonings and mix throughly.

Delicious, nutritious and clean friendly!


**UPDATE** After eating these the next day, I noticed that they did not stay crunchy!! I think next time I'll try making a half batch or quarter batch that can be eaten immediately. If you have a dehydrator, that might help too, but we don't have one so I'll just have to eat fast :)