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!
Those chickpeas look good! I also made something very close to your apple cupcakes last week, but with PB&Co Cinnamon and Raisin Swirl – they are SOO so good! http://eatspinrunrepeat.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/recap-try-something-new-tuesday-21/
Cheesy or not, I think the name chick pea-za’s is super cute! Those apple cupcakes are quite adorable too :)
Tomato sauce seems to lose it’s flavor when baked when seem so counterintuitive because the flavor is so pronounced. I’ve had this same result trying to making tomato saucey baked tofu.
You and caitlin are both doing some AWESOME things with chickpeas today! TOmorrow, I am making a chickpea stuffed acorn squash – I’m basically drooling already.
We love NCIS. It is our fave show, it is the only show we watch “live”. Everything else is DVR’d to watch without commercials or when we have time….that is how wonderful it is.
We don’t have a TV, but NCIS is one of the first things to go on when I hit up my folks.
Keep meaning to try the apple cupcakes – amazing how something so simple can be so inspired!
Some of the best finds can come from cleaning out cupboards!
We’re addicted to NCIS at the moment too – we’re also up to season 5! Abby is my favourite :)
You’re so creative with your recipes! It’s very inspiring :)
I find the same thing with White Chocolate Wonderful… I’ll stick with my Kraft natural :) I’m going to have to try the apple cupcake idea, so cute.
that’s exactly how i feel! i was sooo disappointed with WCW, but LIVE for kraft natural!
I love chickpeas and this sounds so delicious.
You must be so excited for your trip! Have fun packing :)
I love NCIS! I really think they do a great job of the characters. I almost never watch TV, but I found NCIS on the internet last year, and it only took me about a month to get through all the past episodes because I couldn’t stop watching!
Chickpea-za is such a cute name! And I love how the recipe is so simple, but looks so good. I’ll have to try this one out sometime soon!
I’m not sure if I’ve ever actually seen NCIS… there are so many crime shows out there! lol Your chickpeas sounds really good, Ive been having trouble finding ways to eat chickpeas and enjoy them besides just plain. Have fun on your trip!
I LOVE the versatility of chickpeas… I did something sorta like this the other day, with a pasta sauce + vegan cheese = So Yum. :)
I’ve been looking for a way to eat chickpeas, that sounds so good!
I am obsessed with NCIS. When I have nothing to do I love just watching marathons of it :)
Wow—I love the apple cupcake idea! Definitely trying that ASAP!
LOVE your cupcake idea! I think I’ll try it with a nectarine…hehe, the space left by the pit allows for more filling!
apple cupcakes are the cutest things ever…i think i’m going to make those when i’m babysitting and stuff too! something kids of all ages can enjoy (now THAT was cheesy :))