Today was such a beautiful, beautiful summer day…and I was looking out from inside working! I am leaving for my trip on Thursday so today was a workday to get ahead of the game for the work week.
I also organized another cupboard.
Yes, that is the after picture. ;)
For lunch, I was craving chickpeas, but I wanted to put a fun pizza twist on them…
I love chickpeas because you can dress them up or dress them down or turn them into delicious burgers. The options are endless!
Chick Pea-za
It’s a ‘cheesy’ name, so I thought it was fitting for this recipe. ;)
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1/4 cup pizza sauce
- 1/4-1/2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp pizza seasoning (see below)
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- Pinch of sea salt
- Ground black pepper
Directions: Option 1) Mix together and serve without baking (my fav way!). Option 2) Bake –> If baking, preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. In a small bowl mix all ingredients except the dried parsley. Scoop mixture onto baking sheet and sprinkle dried parsley over top. Bake for 25-30 mins. watching carefully. Serve with pizza sauce.
This is the pizza seasoning I used below. I found it this morning when I was cleaning out my cupboards. Score.
These Chick Pea-zas were delicious, but to be honest I liked them best before baking them. The flavours were more pronounced and they were more moist and saucy. :)
Before baking…
I added some pizza sauce since they were dry after baking. They were delicious with the pizza sauce, but I would save yourself 30 mins. of baking and just eat them straight from the bowl after mixing.
For dessert, I had delicious apple cupcakes!
O-b-s-e-s-s-e-d.
I topped one half with 1 tbsp of crumbled Glo Bar and White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter.
Side note: I don’t love the White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter as much as I thought I would. It tastes good, but after eating it a few times I think it is too sweet for my taste. I also find when I eat it, it makes other non-sweetened nut butters taste bad and bland. I don’t think I would buy this again.
On the other half I topped it with half of a mini Ultimate Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookie and crunchy natural peanut butter.
Insert: Mmmmmmm this is the best apple ever.
Tonight’s plans: Start packing, Yoga for Runners, dinner, NCIS. <–I forgot to mention we are addicted to NCIS– currently on season 5. :) Any NCIS fans out there? I am in complete love with every character on the show…I could gush and gush about it…
Have a great night!
Yes! I am obsessed with NCIS too. I have seen every season. This year I have class on Tuesday so I have to catch it the next day online. NCIS- LA isn’t the same :P
Those chick peas look delicious!
I’m allergic to raw apples (I know, boo) but I’ve gotta try this with something else!! Or cooked apples I suppose. Somehow that doesn’t seem as good.
What about Baked Caramel Apple Cupcakes? ;]
Try baking them! Just stuff them with any kind of mix you want, oats+cottage cheese, granola, nuts, dried fruit, anything, and bake them for like a half an hour. It’s awesome!
Those apples make such fun cupcakes!
Healthy cupcake impostors!
Those apple cupcakes look so yummy! I know what i’ll be eating as a snack tomorrow :)
I’m just curious… how do you eat them? With a fork, with your hands? They look a little tall to be able to eat in bites.
By the way, I’ve been reading your blog for a while but it’s the first time I post.
It’d be great if you checked out my blog, it’s still a baby but it’s slowly coming together!
Have a great day
-Nicky
With my hands, im klassy like that ;)
and yes that’s klassy with a ‘k’ ;)
I have a bunch of apples and I now know what I’m going to do with them! And the chick pea recipe looks great, as do all of your chick pea recipes. I just had a chick pea “pizza” on an Ezekiel wrap with tomato paste a few days ago.
And I know what you mean about the nut butters and something tasting so sweet that it makes other varieties taste bland. After discovering kabocha squash, butternut and acorn just can’t satisfy the texture and sweetness I’m looking for, and buttercup barely comes close. :P I wish there were more starchy sweet amazing squashes like kabocha out there.
the chickpea pizza!!! SO GOOD.
I have a recipe that you may just LOVE…
I had some leftover chana masala chickpeas from when I made an little Indian feast…and my boyfriend was making a pizza for dinner. I commandeered a portion of his pizza crust, added the regular pizza sauce, and topped it with my chana masala chickpeas!! It was one of the best things I have ever eaten. Seriously. The are pictured here:
http://masterofherromaine.blogspot.com/2010/08/21-week-challenge-day-7.html
Wow great idea!!
Chick Pea-za – what a brilliant idea. I bet it would satisfy a pizza craving too! Thanks for sharing your always creative and delicious recipes. You never disappoint!
Big NCIS fan! I am about a season behind though. I got busy last year and just couldn’t stay on top of my shows.
I can’t imagine ever thinking the White Chocolate Wonderful is too sweet. It’s my fave!
Jessica is my homegirl and I totally agree…haha! I have a wicked sweet tooth and stevia. agave, white & brown sugar, yacon & maple syrups, you name it, I am all about it :) I write a “healthy” living blog…ha! and still use tons of sugar/sweeteners. Oh well, there are worse things I imagine :)
The pizza noochey chick peas look great, Angela! And so do those apple cupcakes…cute idea!
It seems like every time I visit your blog (daily)
I see something else that I had never even heard of before!
Those Apple “cupcakes” (I think that’s what they were called?) were just about genius :)
Oooh, yet another great recipe for the bag o’ apples me and my husband picked yesterday!
I love chickpeas too. Eventually, I want to try a chickpea brownie recipe.
I’m not a big fan o the White Chocolate Wonderful either. I do really like their Cinnamon Raisin Swirl though. But I think it’s similar to my liking Maranatha Almond Butter just a tad bit more than Barney Butter. It just tastes more like natural almond butter than Barney Butter does!
Oh, wow. Those ‘cupcakes’ look divine! And don’t you just love how versatile chickpeas are!?!? I made bbq chickpeas last night for a light dinner. So tasty! :)
YESSSSSSSSSSS Ross and I have been obsessed with NCIS for a couple years now. LOVE IT. So glad I don’t work Tuesday nights. ;)
NCIS is amazing! I’m about a season behind. I love Abby!
What a great way to eat apples!
And in strange news – I had chickpeas ON a pizza last night!
Ahhh I love the chickpeaza idea!! So easy, but unique. Definitely making that as a comforting lunch!
haha pea-za..cute :P Glad you had such a beautiful day to enjoy! Even though it was spent inside. At least you got a lot done! :)
I love chickpeas also. I just recently did the roasting them and it was so good.
Haha apple cupcakes! How adorable! I can see some parents with picky children getting very excited over this recipe.