Roasted Chickpeas

These are really easy to make, and they are really good! I used some of the leftover chickpeas in my hummus. Yummy!!!

You can make these using canned chickpeas, or you could get the bag of dried chickpeas and then soak them over nite and cook until soft. You get WAY more from a bag of dried beans than you do if you bought a can. But if you need something fast, use the cans... ;) A bag of 1 pound beans cost me a buck, where a can of 14 oz beans cost me 99 cents. Ok, you are thinking, 1 cent cheaper, but you know what? You get about 3 times as much from the bag than you do the can! (does that make sense? ;)) I made 2 pounds of dried chickpeas and these guys puffed up like you would not believe! ;)



Mix together the spices and the liquids...


Stir in the chickpeas...


All covered in spices ready to bake!


Place in taco shell...


Add anything you want to it! ;) I added shredded cheddar cheese...


Some lettuce, I want to try spinach instead...


And some sour cream, notice how it got all over the place? Oh well, it's all good! ;)


My little one attempting to eat the taco!


He lost pretty much all of his chickpeas! Guess where they ended up?


Yeppers, the floor!!! He got about 5 in his mouth and rest where on the floor and under his chair!! But he really liked what he tasted! hahaha



Roasted Chickpeas

•2 1/2 t. chili powder
•1/2 t. garlic powder
•1/4 t. onion powder
•1/4 t. dried oregano
•2 t. ground cumin
•1 t. sea salt
•1 T. lime juice
•2 T. water
•One 14 oz. can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
•8 taco shells
•Taco trimmings: shredded lettuce or cabbage, tomato, guacamole, sour cream, and shredded cheese, etc...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, cumin, salt, lime juice and water.
Add chickpeas and marinate for at least 30 minutes. (I like to do it for an hour!)
Place chickpeas on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake for 20-30 minutes, stirring once during cooking, until chickpeas are slightly crispy.
Prepare taco shells according to package directions. Fill with chickpeas and desired toppings.

Tacos/Tostados-Serape

Love this!! :D So good and easy!!!

I put them on tostados because I didn't have any tortillas and didn't have the energy to make them! I probably could've made some, BUT we had these the nite after I went to Boot Camp! (for those of you who don't know what happened, let's just say that Boot Camp got me! I pushed myself and couldn't walk down the stairs for like 3 days!! Thanks to some Arnica I made it!! hahahaha!!!! ;))

Anyways....

This is a recipe from a super special lady at Back 2 Back, in Mexico. I had the privilege of eating a meal cooked by her and can only hope I give her some justice by making the same thing! We didn't eat these, but we had something else and that recipe will soon be coming! I just need to figure out her green sauce! ;)

I will post the recipe, then I am going to post the pics and how I did it. I always do things a bit differently!

Serape

1 pound of pork, beef, or chicken
1 slice onion
1/4 pound ham
1/2 pound bacon
2 green peppers
Asadero cheese
Cook meat in bacon fat. Add onion, pepper, and ham.
Put cheese on top and melt, or put meat mixture in a tortilla and top with cheese.

First of all, if anyone can find the Asadero cheese, please, PLEASE tell me where you found it!!! I've been looking for that and can't seem to find it! It may be an only find in Mexico type of cheese, but I am going to keep looking!!! :D

Ok, so here at the pictures and then how I did it!



I fried the bacon and took that out, then I put in half of a small onion and half of a green pepper


Fried the onion and green pepper for a little bit then added the bacon


then the ham


then the ground beef (I already had some browned ground beef in my freezer, so that's why I didn't cook it in the bacon fat...)


Mix it all together and kept it on low until heated all the way through


This is 2 avocados, half of a jalapeno pepper diced small, the other half of the onion that I used for the meat mixture and juice of 2 limes


Mix it all together


Add one chopped tomato


Stir it all up, that's my guac! ;)


Layer some guac on the bottom of a taco or tostado


add meat mixture to the top


Add some mozzarella cheese to the top, unless you found the asadero cheese... ;)

And enjoy!! :D

For my guacamole, I don't always have the tomato and onion chopped that big, but when making these, I was in a hurry, so I didn't take the time to make it super small! ;)

opps, I forgot to mention how much meat I used and everything else... ;)

3 slices bacon
1 thick slice of ham, chopped up
1 pound ground beef (you can use turkey, or any other meat, I just happened to have some ground beef already browned ready to use in the freezer!)
half of an onion, chopped
half of a green pepper, chopped

Guacamole:
2 avocados
the juice of 2 limes (make sure you roll the limes before cutting, much easier to get the juice out and you usually can get a little bit more juice out! :D)
half of the onion from the top, chopped
half of a jalapeno pepper, diced
1 ripe red tomato, chopped

Squish the avocados, add everything but the tomatoes, stir it up, then add the diced tomatoes. Serve immediately! ;)
I'll post a video below on how to get the avocado seed out... My darling oldest daughter taped it for me, so it's a bit shakey, but I think you will get the jist of it! :) Just be SUPER careful if you do it that way! PLEASE!!!