Roasted Chickpeas

So, I'm trying this on my phone today because our computer is up at the office! I cannot get enough of these sweet and salty chickpeas!! They are easy to make, and a great idea for a snack at home or you could double/triple the recipe to take to a party! Lets get started!

Ingredients:
I can of chickpeas
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt

To start out you're going to drain the can of chickpeas and then scatter them out on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes. The last can I made I had to bake for about 32-35 (the chickpeas around the edges might get burned, just remove them and pop the sheet back in.) You are looking for them to have a crunch! Once they have roasted let them cool and put them in a small bowl. Add the olive oil, cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt and stir together. Serve and enjoy!! I about took down a whole can by myself the first time I made these! I originally came across this recipe at cupcakeproject.com! If you check out her recipes you will quickly find she puts together things that might seem out of the ordinary, but end up being satisfying and delicious! Stay tuned for more great recipes this week!! Until then...

Happy Eating

Friday is for Fish--Mahi Mahi with basil butter

Mahi Mahi photo at FreshFishSource.blogspot.com

I have such a wonderful man!! He had to run some errands today and he ended up right by the White River Fish Market at 1708 North Sheridan in Tulsa. So of course being the lover of foods that we are, he went in and brought us home a beautiful (and very large), Mahi Mahi filet! It was about lunch time and he just got off work, so I found a quick recipe on Food Network and it took almost no time to whip up! This is seriously one of my new favorite recipes! You know when you cook fish in the house, and it leaves that "I just cooked fish" smell?? Well, this recipe didn't have that smell...it smelled like basil, and garlic and butter! Yum Yum Yum!!! So here is all we did to make this absolutely wonderful Mahi Mahi dish!

We started with a very large filet cut and removed the "skin" off the fish! We actually had to cut it into about 3 sections it was so large. In a small sauce pot I added 3 tablespoons of butter, a shake or two of salt and pepper, one large garlic clove minced and I didn't have fresh basil so I added dried basil to the recipe. I actually used less than it called for since we were using dried basil and probably added 4 shakes to the pot! (I say shakes because I took the container and shook it over the pot). I turned the burner on low and added a lid to keep it covered and let the butter melt, stirring it every so often. In a large skillet, I added 3 tablespoons of olive oil and warmed it over medium/high heat. We salt and peppered both sides of the fish, and added them to the skillet. The recipe says 3 minutes on one side and 3-4 minutes on the other. Ours took quite a bit longer because it was cut so thick. So we turned it every 3-4 minutes until the fish was white and flaky all the way through. After the fish was finished we put it on a plate and poured the basil-garlic butter over the top of the fish.

 Soaking up that garlic-basil butter!! YUMMY

The rest of the fish is history! It was so delicious and made a very light, flavorful lunch! If you're wondering here is some nutritional information on Mahi Mahi that you can find on Livestrong.com. The only thing we had to purchase for this meal was the fish, everything else was in the fridge, so for $13 we got a lunch that would cost an arm and leg at a restaurant for cheap! Made my day!!! 

Can't wait to make this again!!!

~Happy Eating~