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Buffalo Ranch Roasted Chickpeas

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Howdy!

Sorry (again) for my absence lately… as you know, things are a little crazy around here! Our 1-year old is now walking and our 3-year old has more energy than ever. My hubby had sinus surgery last week and is slowly recovering. I haven’t had a ton of time to cook anything new lately so I’ve been rotating old favorites. I’ve been making a lot of Italian’ish Lentil Tomato Soup because it’s easy and the kids enjoy it. I’ve also been experimenting with bean/lentil/rice burgers since they’re really easy to reheat in a hurry.

I’ve been so busy that I keep forgetting to eat and I find myself starving at night after the kids go to bed. Since that’s my only time to get things done I look for things I can eat in a hurry. I had a craving for something buffalo’ish (minus the chicken wing part) so I made up these roasted chickpea snacks the other night. They turned out REALLY GOOD!!! Our toddler enjoyed them too even though they do have  a little kick to them!

Buffalo Ranch Roasted Chickpeas

Buffalo Ranch Roasted Chickpeas

Ingredients:

* 2 cups of cooked chickpeas (OR you could use 1 can of chickpeas, rinsed – maybe dry them off a bit first)

* 2-3 Tbsp Frank’s Hot Sauce (more if you prefer – I sort of eyed this amount so you could use less or more depending on how coated you want them to be)

 * 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

* 1/2 tsp garlic powder

* 1/2 tsp dried dill

* 1/2 tsp onion powder

* 1/4 tsp black pepper

* 1-2 Tbsp dried parsley (I like a lot of parsley but see what you prefer)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.

2. Combine chickpeas with hot sauce and coat evenly. Add in the nutritional yeast and spices, combine well. 

3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread out the chickpeas evenly, patting them down. 

4. Roast 40-50 minutes or until slightly browned. Shake pan or stir every 15 minutes throughout the baking process! 

5. Enjoy!

Combine chickpeas and buffalo sauce, stir to coat. Then add in spices and nutritional yeast, stir to combine well.

Spread onto baking sheet and bake for 40-50 minutes

Roast until browned

Enjoy!!!

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No-Buffalo Nuggets

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These are so easy to make and really good! I love the taste of spicy buffalo sauce so when I saw these I had to try them! My hubby wanted a “football watching snack” too so the timing was perfect. Our toddler loved these too! I didn’t add any Frank’s Hot Sauce to hers, she’s not to that level of spice yet! Serve these with a side of Vegan Ranch Dressing.

No-Buffalo Nuggets

I found the nugget recipe on Babble.

3 Ingredient Vegan Buffalo Nuggets
vegan, makes 15 bites/nuggets

1 1/4 cups of GimmeLean Vegan Sausage (comes in a tube – fridge section of grocery store)
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
2 Tbsp hot sauce — I like Frank’s Hot Sauce
for saute: 2 Tbsp safflower oil

swap spicy for sweet: substitute sweet BBQ sauce or ketchup for the hot sauce if you don’t want the bites too hot!

Directions:

1. Gather your ingredients. Heat the safflower oil in a sauté pan over med-high heat.
2. Tear your sausage into tiny nuggets – they don’t have to be evenly shaped (unless you’d like to roll them into nice balls or pound into nugget shapes).
3. When the oil is hot, quickly roll each sausage nugget in the Panko and place in the sizzling hot oil. Continue doing this until the pan is filled. Allow each nugget to sauté for about 2 minutes on each side. You want the Panko crumb to crisp and brown and saturate with the oil so that they are no longer a white color — but now a caramel brown.
4. When your nuggets are evenly cooked, and the oil mostly absorbed/cooked off. Turn the heat off and add in your hot sauce in a casual ‘splashy’ way. You want a nice splash of sauce to accent ( but not overly saturate) each of the bites. Toss the nuggets in the still hot pan with the sauce as they sizzle and cook.
5. Serve hot.

Easy ingredients!

Cut up or tear bite sized pieces of Gimme Lean Sausage

Coat each piece with panko breadcrumbs

Cook until brown on both sides

Okay, so a few of them are a little TOO brown but they were still good!

Add hot sauce and toss

Serve with Vegan Ranch Dressing

Habanero Sauce

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I know what you’re thinking… habaneros are too hot!! I think the Stevia and the red wine vinegar (and maybe carrots?) in this sauce mellow out the hotness of the habaneros leaving a nice spicy kick and tons of flavor. This has become one of our favorite sauces! My husband loves the Chipotle Sauce so much, he was hesitant to try this one because “I’m happy with my sauce, I don’t need another one to confuse me”. Well, this one is another one of his favorites now too!

If you like hot salsa, you could eat this with chips (I do) but if you’re more of a wimp you may want to dab it on tacos, burritos, nachos, mac n’ cheeze (yum!) and many other things! So far we’ve added it to bean burgers, Beer-Simmered Seitan Carnitas, Matzo Brei, and Black Bean & Quinoa Chili.

Pretty Habanero Sauce

This is another FABULOUS recipe from Melomeals: Vegan For $3.33 A Day! It’s so easy to make and again… SO GOOD!!!

  • 1 T olive oil
  • 3 habaneros, cut in half  – I deseeded mine
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 small carrots – (I used the carrots from my CSA… fresh organic carrots are yummy!)
  • 10 large garlic cloves
  • about 1 tsp sea salt
  • ¼ t Kal Stevia Powder
  • 1.5 cups red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water

Method:

1. Sauté peppers, onions, carrots, garlic and salt for 15 minutes in a non stick skillet

2. Add stevia, vinegar and water

3. Bring t a strong simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes

4. Let cool and blend

This will keep in the fridge for a month. It will separate; that’s OK, just stir it together before using. You can freeze it in an ice cube tray and store the cubes in your freezer. One cube adds great heat and flavor to rice, chili, marinades or other dishes.

Chop your veggies

Saute 15 minutes

Simmer 15 minutes

I used my immersion blender while it was still hot then let it cool before putting it in sauce container

Topped our 3-Ingredient Burgers with it...

And the Beer-Simmered Seitan Carnitas

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