Wednesday, May 28, 2008

long live the chickpea!


today, i tossed canned garbanzo beans in vegetable oil, kosher salt, ground cumin, and cayenne pepper. i spread 'em out on a sheet pan and toasted them for 30 minutes. then i tossed in some toasted almonds and let 'em bake for another 2-3 minutes. then i had a darn tasty snack.

i'm bagging up these puppies and smuggling them into sex and the city this weekend.

i substituted almonds for pistachios because i didn't want to shell the ones we had. and i didn't add thyme because i didn't have any. but the great thing about this recipe is that you could probably season the chickpeas with anything and they'd taste good. crunchy and toasty. yum!

and what do you call em? chickpeas or garbanzo beans?

8 comments:

Phil said...

Those look great! No wonder I'm pushing 200 lbs.

Lisa said...

I can't wait to see "SITC"!!

MissAllycat said...

Mmmmmmm...i love me some chickpeas...

jen said...

That sounds really good!

I call them garbonzo beans. It's fun to say!

Love the picture in the previous post btw. :)

SavvyFitChica said...

Chickpeas

Sounds like a good snack! Great thinking...

SITC !!! Exciting! It makes me miss my girlfriends who are spread out all over the country...

Jess said...

No matter what they're called, I like them as hummus.

Neese said...

chickpeas!!
I'm going to see SATC on Wednesday! Can't wait!

teacherwoman said...

hmmm. interesting. yummy?!