Lawn Mowing/Photoshoot
Dessert pizzas
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crosby not wanting the weekend to be over…
Hope you all had a nice weekend! Check back later this week for the recipes for the dessert pizza + cookies!
July 28, 2011
chickpea reci{peas}
I absolutely love chickpeas. Or garbanzo beans. Whatever you’d like to call them. I have even started eating them straight out of the can – well, after draining at least. Is that weird? Even if it is, I don’t care. If chickpeas are in something, you can guarantee I’m going to love it. Chickpeas have often popped up here from time to time…
Whether it was a trio of {hummus recipes}…
In a beans grain green recipe {honey-mustard millet & Beans}…
Served on top of Injera at an {Ethiopian restaurant}…
Added to the delicious {Strawberry Pesto Pasta Salad} by Daily Garnish…
Let’s not forget how good it is on {gluten-free vegan pizza} either…
And last but certainly not least how awesome chickpeas made Oh She Glow’s {Heat Wave Summer Salad}…
Obviously, we go through a lot of chickpeas, and this recipe makes them go quite fast as well. It does slow you down from just eating them from the can however ;).
{Spicy* Baked Chickpeas}
- 1 can chickpeas (sometimes referred to as garbanzo)
- 1T grapeseed oil (or olive oil)
- 1/2t paprika
- 1t cumin
- 1/8t cayenne pepper
- 1/4t black pepper
- 1/2t salt
*The recipe wasn’t actually that spicy, so adjust the spices accordingly.
1. Drain the chickpeas. Place into a plastic bag.
2. Add the oil into the bag and toss to coat.
3. Sprinkle in the spices and roll around until all the little chickpeas are covered.
4. Bake in a 400* oven for 30-45 minutes, turning occasionally. Make sure to not burn them. Mine burnt due to a too high of oven (the temp is adjusted here), but they were still all eaten within a matter of days.
Feel free to play around with the spices to change the flavorings or spicy-ness. You really can’t go wrong.
Oh my chickpeas.
July 27, 2011
what i ate wednesday #10
Number TEN?! I can barely believe it! And this is my first WIAW where I had to pack my food because I had to eat at work – which is definitely taking some time to get used to. Now I have to go back to thinking what I’m going to eat for lunch and snacks and get it ready in the morning, much more work than just grabbing stuff whenever! So here we go…
Breakfast:
Dough Boy + Protein Powder. Topped with ground flax, 1/2 a banana, blueberries and sunflower butter. I also had a buckwheat blueberry muffin Kinley made last night.
Lunch:
Leftover dinner from last night – Oh She Glow’s Heat Wave Summer Salad. I almost followed the recipe exactly, but instead of the speltberries I used quinoa to keep the gluten away! It was so delicious. I am loving the cold pasta/grain salads during the week! And another buckwheat blueberry muffin (pictured below).
Afternoon Snack:
I had a jar of pineapple and strawberries – my favorite combo! And two rice cakes (didn’t end up putting the AB&J on them but I’ll be bringing them along tomorrow and hopefully I get the chance to eat it this time!)
Dinner:
In honor of Mama Pea’s book coming out, I made Mmmm Sauce for the first time. It was Mmmm good. Had it on top of brown rice pasta + lentils with kabocha squash on the side. So good.
Time to go relax for a few hours and go to bed!
My Search of Summer 