When you are a nut-free home, party prep can be difficult.  Gone are the bowls of smoked almonds or spicy pecans.  Honestly, I do miss Hail Merry  Orange Rosemary Pecans and Lemon Thyme Pecans and ….oh, sorry…

On a road trip two summers ago, in Whole Foods looking for a few snacks I stumbled upon roasted chickpeas.  Hmmmm…..maybe?  Well, they were great!

Here is my version.

Rosemary Roasted Chickpeas

 

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Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 45-60 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 tbs garlic olive oil (I used Stonewall Kitchen Roasted Garlic Oil)
• 3 tbs fresh rosemary, chopped
• Sea Salt
• **Note: If you don't have garlic olive oil, you can add 2 finely minced garlic cloves to the mix.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Line a baking sheet with foil.
3. Place chickpeas in a large bowl.
4. Toss with olive oil and rosemary.
5. Spread on baking sheet.
6. Bake for 45-60 minutes. Peas will be dehydrated and crisp.
7. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
8. Grind sea salt over the peas.
9. Cool completely and serve.
10. These will keep for a few days in an airtight container.

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Add the olive oil and chopped rosemary.

 Bake.  Add sea salt and serve.

These are great to have in small bowls at parties for your nut-free guests…and those that aren’t!  I keep some on the counter to snack on throughout the day.