Healthy, Tasty Snack Recipe

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Cara Stewart, RD, LDN, member of the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery team, provides an easy recipe for a healthy snack.

Dry-roasted chickpeas make a tasty and nutritious snack! You can have them as a crunchy pick-me-up or as a salad topping. They are low fat, low calorie and a good source of protein, fiber and folate. The recipe below makes four servings. Each serving has 100 calories, four grams of protein and five grams of fiber.

Ingredients:

  • One can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
  • Spice blend of choice: garlic powder, chili powder, cumin, black pepper, rosemary, and so on
  • Cooking spray

Directions:

  1. Position oven rack in the top third of the oven.
  2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
  3. Pour the chickpeas into a colander, rinse and thoroughly pat dry.
  4. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray and spread the chickpeas on the sheet.
  5. Sprinkle the chickpeas with the spice blend of your choice.
  6. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the chickpeas are browned and crunchy, stirring every 10 minutes to prevent burning.
  7. Allow to cool on a baking sheet. Store in an air-tight container for up to two days.

Enjoy!

- Cara Stewart, RD, LDN

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