Jenna's Treats & Eats: Baked Chickpeas with Garlic Sauce

Happy Holidays everyone!

This time of year is filled with all of my favourite things; decorating, baking, spending time with the family and watching my bank balance drop faster than I can wrap a festive gift basket….

Yeah so that last one’s not so much fun. But it does mean I get to try out different, more budget friendly recipes like this vegetarian gem from the Minimalist Baker (link to the original recipe below). This recipe has been making weekly appearances in our house over the last month and I really can’t see us getting sick of it any time soon. The spiced chickpeas are so absolutely amazing that they can (and in our house do) stand alone as a healthy and delicious snack. The original recipe calls for them to be served over sweet potatoes, but really you could top anything with the chickpeas and garlic sauce and it would be a knockout (we like ours over rice with some sliced avocado on the side).

So give this recipe a shot the next time you’re in the mood for something simple, delicious and easy on the wallet, and definitely check out minimalistbaker.com for more fantastic recipes!

Ingredients:

For the Baked Chickpeas

- 1 15 oz can of chickpeas. Rinsed well and dried

- ½ tsp each of cinnamon, cumin, coriander and paprika

- ½ Tbsp olive oil

For the Garlic Sauce

- ¼ cup hummus

- 1 tsp dried dill

- 2 cloves minced garlic

- water to thin the sauce

* side note: there was a week where I seemed to be out of everything so I just ended up mixing some garlic hummus and a couple tsp of water and it was still awesome on this.

Tomato Salad

- ½ cup chopped tomatoes

- ½- ¾ tsp dried parsley

- 2 Tbsp lemon juice.

Directions

- Preheat the oven 400 degrees. Toss chickpeas with olive oil and spices in a mixing bowl.

- Spread chickpeas over a cookie sheet and bake for 25-35 minutes, depending on how crispy you like your chickpeas.

- While the chickpeas are in the oven mix the tomatoes with lemon juice and parsley. Cover and set aside until needed.

- In a small mixing bowl whisk together the ingredients for the sauce and then slowly add small amounts of water until the sauce is can be easily poured.

- And that’s all there is to it! Once your chickpeas are done top your rice/potatoes/ anything really with the chickpeas, tomato salad and garlic sauce and get ready to spend the next half hour looking for your socks (because this dish is going to knock them off). Enjoy!

As usual, I’ve adapted a bit to suit my tastes. Check out the original at http://minimalistbaker.com/mediterranean-baked-sweet-potatoes/

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