Healthy snack: roasted chickpeas

Easy, nutritious, snack food

Spicy, crunchy chickpeas

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 can of chickpeas
• Olive oil (1-2 tablespoons)
• Salt
• Spices (You could put basically anything on here, but this is my favorite blend. Even just plain salt makes this work as a substitute for potato chips or popcorn)
• Paprika (1-3 teaspoons)
• Chili powder (1 teaspoon)
• Cumin (1 teaspoon)
• Black pepper (1 teaspoon)
• Salt (2-3 teaspoons)

Instructions

1. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Pat dry. Don't worry about the skins, you can ignore them. 
2. Preheat oven to 400*F or 200*C
3. Combine the olive oil and spices in a small bowl. Mix well. 
4. Put the chickpeas on a cookie sheet (can cover in tin foil for easy cleanup). Toss with the olive oil and spice blend until well coated. 
5. Bake for 20 minutes, remove from oven. Shake the pan so the chickpeas are mixed up again.
6. Return to oven and bake another 15 minutes. Stay close to the oven and check on them with 5 minutes to go to make sure they aren't burning. Any skins that came off in the baking process might get a tad burned
7. Remove the ones that look done (small). Return the rest to the oven and bake another 5-10 minutes, repeat if needed