Roasted Chickpeas

Roasted Chickpeas

chickpeas, roasted chickpeas, sugar roasted chickpeas. salted roasted chickpeas, healthy family snacks, pre-dinner snacks, healthy snacks, ceci, garbanzo beans, roasted garbanzo beans, the life harvest, food blog, food blog snacksI know what you’re thinking…. chickpeas? Yes! Chickpeas! I just love these nutrient dense little darlings. Cooked in stews to add bulk and nutrients, in salads for the creamy texture and crunch, the main ingredient in my favorite dip, hummus and now….. on their own, roasted and flavoured to your liking!

Every saturday night that my husband is not working, we have a ‘date night’ at home. Our date night consists of a movie on Netflix, a bowl of sea salt flavoured crisps and of course a Venetian spritz. Easily pleased. I know! šŸ˜‰ While I choose the movie, he makes up his signature spritz. Why a spritz and chips you ask? Well…. on our honeymoon in Italy, we stayed a few nights in Venice. As this was obviously before kids, we had the much enviable opportunity to frequent a bar in the evenings before dinner. Not at all an option these days with our three little munchkins running around. In true Venetian style we sipped on Spritzers and nibbled on salted crisps while getting giggly at silly things, like my husband trying to speak Italian saying ‘Ciao’ (hello) instead of ‘Grazie’ (thank you) to the locals!;) Spritz and crisps brings back such wonderful memories we had together that it feels only fitting to insertĀ snippets of these memories into our child orientated life.

chickpeas, roasted chickpeas, sugar roasted chickpeas. salted roasted chickpeas, healthy family snacks, pre-dinner snacks, healthy snacks, ceci, garbanzo beans, roasted garbanzo beans, the life harvest, food blog, food blog snacks

chickpeas, roasted chickpeas, sugar roasted chickpeas. salted roasted chickpeas, healthy family snacks, pre-dinner snacks, healthy snacks, ceci, garbanzo beans, roasted garbanzo beans, the life harvest, food blog, food blog snacksOn tasting these roasted chickpeas, I had an idea that maybe we might be able to alternate the crisps with a slightly healthier option. They taste equally as yummy and are SO unbelievably addictive! There are so many ways to flavour the chick peas. You can be free with your favorite spices if you choose. I kept my simple and made a batch with cinnamon and sugar, and another with salt. By the end of photographing these beauties, I actually ended up combining the two into one bowl as I quite enjoy the salty/sweet combination. And yes!…. I did end up drinking the accompanying spritzer. The sweet, sweet bonusĀ of posting recipes when hubby is working in the evening!;)

If I stop eating them now, we will be taking them on our family road trip this weekend as a healthy snack option. My kids love them and I love how they are gaining all the nutrients from the chickpeas and they don’t even know it! They are alsoĀ a wonderful snack for school and work lunch boxes or a pre-dinner nibblie atĀ a dinner party.

I hope you enjoy snacking and devouring these lovelies as much as we do! xxx

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Roasted Chickpeas
Recipe Type: Healthy Snack
Author: The Life Harvest
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 250g chickpeas
A healthy, crunchy, simple, high in protein and fibre, snack alternative for any occasion. These Roasted Chickpeas will have you hooked by the handful!
Ingredients
  • 250g cooked or canned chick peas
  • Salt
  • Golden castor sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • Olive oil
Instructions
  1. *For dried chick peas*
  2. Soak the chick peas over night (12 hours) in clean water.
  3. In a pot, cover them well with clean water and boil them over a medium heat until they are just firm to the bite. Not too soft!
  4. Drain well and dry them off COMPLETELY on kitchen cloths.
  5. *For canned chick peas*
  6. Drain off the can of chick peas and rinse them under cold water thoroughly.
  7. Drain well and dry them off COMPLETELY on kitchen cloths.
  8. *ROASTING*
  9. Turn the oven on to 200ā„ƒ
  10. Spread the chick peas out onto two oven trays.
  11. Place them in the oven for 15 minutes.
  12. Remove them after 15 minutes and toss them with a small amount of olive oil. Just enough to coat them, NOT drench them. About 1tbsp per tray should be enough.
  13. Sprinkle the chick peas with which ever sugar, salt or spiced flavour combination you prefer. Be as generous as you like. Toss the chick peas around till they are evenly coated.
  14. Place the trays back into the oven and roast for another 15 minutes or until they are golden brown and crunchy to bite. If they taste soft, give them a little longer in the oven.
  15. Once they are ready and to your liking, turn the oven off and leave the trays in the oven until cooled down. This helps to keep them crunchy.
  16. Remove from the oven once cooled and enjoy!
Notes
Please make sure the chick peas are super dry before you roast them!

 


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