This weekend was the perfect balance of activity and laziness.
Friday night, Lindsay and I went to an Etsy Craft Party meet up, where we made postcards and travel journals. It was so fun chatting with all these amazingly crafty people (especially when I’m not one of them… I just admire them).
After the Etsy meet up, we headed over to Ipanema Cafe for the Tumblr meet up. (Yep, I’m on Tumblr, too. Are you?)
We hung out with some awesomely cool hipters, and ate a ridiculous amount of vegetarian food. Oh, Ipanema. You’ll always have a special place in my heart, even if the lighting is so dim I can’t get a decent picture.
Saturday, the weather was rainy and grey all day, so I ran on the treadmill while watching episodes of Portlandia. (See? Sticking with the training plan.) And then Lindsay and I spent the better part of Saturday watching episodes of The New Girl.
We did cook up a vegetarian dinner, which turned out quite well, considering we just pulled together what we had in our pantries.
First we made these stuffed peppers (but with quinoa instead of rice.)
I went back and updated the original recipe post with the new picture, since my photography has come a long way… and those old pictures were pretty ugly.
But after the peppers, we were still craving a little something, so that’s when we decided to make these:
Garlic Roasted Chickpeas
- 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic minced (or 1/4 tsp garlic powder)
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Toss your chickpeas and olive oil together in a large bowl until the chickpeas are lightly coated. Stir in the rest of the ingredients so the spices are evenly coating the chickpeas. Spread onto a foil lined baking sheet, and pop in the oven at 450 for about 20 minutes, stirring the pan halfway through. They’re done when they shrink up a little bit, and get crunchy on the outside.
These won’t last long. They’re super delicious. Crispy, salty, and just the right amount of spicy. And it takes almost no time at all to get these ready for the oven. Oh yeah, and they’re healthy.
This is totally going to be my new favorite snack.
Ummm YUM!! You always have the best recipes!
Aw, thanks!
I’m addicted to chickpeas at the moment and those look fab!
Ohh these chickpeas do sound yum! Thanks for sharing, especially since I just cooked up a big batch of chickpeas! I can’t get enough of yogurt, chocolate/vanilla protein powder & almonds as a snack…definitely satisfies my sweet cravings!
I’ve been on a yogurt kick too!!
You always have so many fun meet ups! I have been thinking about trying to make some roasted chickpeas so this is a great recipe!
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I’ve been meaning to make roasted chickpeas for so long…those look great!
I’m too ADD to be crafty on my own, but I think I’d really really really enjoy a craft party. Oh – I also think I’d enjoy those chickpeas.
My new favorite snack has been these individual-sized portions of this fruit leather that my dad brought home from his trip to Iran. They are slightly sour, which I love!
MMMM that looks so good. I wish I had access to a better ktichen to try more recipes. Though it’s hard to just cook for one person right now.
Yummm those peppers look tasty!! They have a cajun stuffed pepper w/ blackeyed peas at Elwoods that I’ve been loving lately too. Oh yea, along with lime chile blue diamond almonds, just.cant.stop.!
girlllll, these look awesome!! (I have switched over to a new self hosted blog so you following my old version of the blog did not switch over)… I love chick peas and they definitely make a great snack! and this seems like something I could hanle making, since I seem to almost burn down my apartment every time I cook on the stove top, ha ha
Etsy craft party? I love it!! What a great idea!
My favorite snack right now has been a smoothie with 1 cup spinach, 1/2 frozen banana, 1/2c unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1Tbsp almond butter. I just can’t get enough!
I was just looking at a roasted chickpeas recipe…with sriracha!! AH!!
Yummy! I will definitely try these asap. Cumin roasted chickpeas are great too
Can’t wait to try these, Liz! You’re always drumming up new and exciting ways to eat your veggies
I freaking love Portlandia! Those chickpeas look pretty bomb too!
garbanzo beans are the best! looks great.
really have been enjoying lots of fruit lately
that craft party sounds brilliant; I’d love to go to something like that. The restaurant food looks good too but those stuffed peppers look better – and I need some of those chick peas!
My current favourite snack is peanut butter cookies, as always
Haha peanut butter ANYTHING is always a favorite for me
Love roasted chickpeas! I haven’t made them in way too long!! They kind of remind me of corn nuts and they are also crazy delicious on top of salads.
I would love these as a snack
my snack for the past week has been greek yogurt & 1 TBSP walnut oil with juuuust a few drops of vanilla stevia 
Roasted chickpeas are the best! I made salt & vinegar ones once. Need to do it again soon!
Ohh my bff is coming to visit this weekend and she loves salt and vinegar chips… so I bet she’d love salt and vinegar chickpeas!! Thanks for the idea!!
I love roasted chickpeas! My favorite current snack is probably popcorn chips with hummus. Those popcorn chips (from Special K or Popcorners) are just so tasty, light, and pretty healthy! I’ve also been lovvvvinnnggg banana soft serve. Mm mm mm.
Why have I not thought of eating popcorners + hummus?! I must make this happen!
Your chickpea recipe looks HEAVENLY! I fell in love with chickpeas the minute I knew hummus was involved but love how you have shined a new light for me on the miraculous chickpea
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Totally loving roasted chickpeas at the moment too, yum!
Love roasted chickpeas – haven’t had them in a while though.
Current favorite snack – squash with cinnamon and honey or olive oil roasted with sage
Wanted to try roasted chickpeas for a while now. So your recipe comes really handy. Thanks for sharing!
I have about 8 cans of chickpeas in my cabinet (they were on sale of course) and have been adding them to my salad everyday – which is getting a bit boring. This recipe looks perfect and will be a nice change! I’ve been loving almonds lately as a snack. I get the 100 calorie packs, which totally help with portion control of course
My go-to snack right now are apples – fresh-from-the-orchard apples!
My current favorite snack? Cereal. Oh wait. That’s my forever favorite snack.
Posts like this just make me wish I lived in Richmond. I want to hang out and watch The New Girl with you…
I have REALLY got to try roasted chickpeas. Like right NOW soon!!!! I’ve heard so much about them. I’ll makes some when I roasted some vegetables tomorrow. Hopefully! I’ll bookmark your recipe to make it. Thanks!