Pinterest Fail: Garlic Parmesan Roasted Chickpeas

It is about time... Yes, people... I FAILED. Not a little failed, BIG TIME failed!

John & I went to a pool party on Saturday and everyone was bringing side dishes & desserts. I decided to make roasted chickpeas because they are gluten free, and I have some gluten free friends attending. I have a couple chickpea recipes that I've been wanting to try, so why not do it for Saturday. You know how I love to use my friends as guinea pigs!

This recipe comes from Clean Eating Magazine. I've perused this magazine, and they have some great gluten free tips & recipes. I also like the comments from the other readers about the recipes, they usually have good advice on how to make the recipes a little better.

Don't these chickpeas look good?

Photo from http://www.cleaneatingmag.com

I followed the ingredients to a T, but did make some changes in how I cooked them. I baked them for about 10  minutes less than instructed because you never know with individual ovens. I also used aluminum foil with Pam. No excuse for that change except that (as I have stated before) I am lazy and hate to clean baking sheets.

As usual, I was running low on time so I asked John to pull the chickpeas out of the oven when the timer went off so I could hop in the shower. He did as he was instructed (good boy), and of course sampled some chickpeas. He let me know they weren't crispy but had a good bite. He thought they tasted good...

(Did you like those periods? As if I am building suspense... hmmm...)

I threw the chickpeas in a plastic bag and took them to my friend's house. Keep in mind that I live in town and she lives in Katy. In addition, John & I met Daddy for lunch because I like to eat and I like my Daddy. Win-Win!

We get to my friend's house, and I leave the sealed bag of roasted chickpeas on the food counter. I eventually open the bag and take a handful of chickpeas. Holy crap!! Ugh!

I didn't want to be too dramatic, or I would have spit them out in my friend's trash. Instead, I sucked it up and kept on chewing. Basically, the chickpeas had a little crisp to them when I cooked them. However, throwing them into a sealable plastic bag and letting them sit for almost 2 hours... BAD MOVE! Bad! They turned so chewy. They were so gross. You know it's bad if this fat girl trapped in a not as fat body couldn't even eat one.

Though I lost this fight, I refuse to lose the battle. I will definitely try them again, but will also learn from my mistakes. I know I usually share a nice-ish picture of my end product for you. These were such a fail, I have decided to show you what John & I decided to do with them.

Yes, you are looking at this correctly. These nasty-arse chickpeas are in my trash can.

Even though I threw the chickpeas away, I encourage you to try to the recipe. They had good flavor, I just royally screwed them up. You can find them on my Clean Eating board on Pinterest.

Try them out! I want to hear what you think!

PS: I stated above that people made desserts for Saturday. I, too, made one and will post about that later this week. I've got to have a little suspense here!

Back in the Saddle...

So.... in true Lee fashion... I am going to try something new. I did run the half marathon 7 months ago, and did quite well (aka made it in under my goal time), but I failed at the whole blogging thing.

Now we are going to attempt blogging again, but this time as a fun experiment. I need to confess something first. It is hard to confess things about yourself, your little vices that no one really knows, but at times it also feels really good to get things off your chest. Here goes...

I am a Pinterest Whore. Wait... maybe a Pinterest Floozy. I mean, I don't get paid by Pinterest, but I do spend a lot of time on there. My biggest passion is "pinning" recipes that I want to try. I've tried most of them, but I have like 5 food boards so there is still some cooking that needs to get done.

My goal is to complete this project in the next 6 months. The second goal is to not gain weight. Let's see how both of these work out!

Basically, I will attempt to successfully make at least 60 dishes from Pinterest by my birthday in January 2015. Whew! I will share the outcome with pictures. I'll also share the links to my dishes because you need to applaud (or jeer) the blogs I get these recipes from.

To be clear, I am not Julia Child so I am not creating any recipes. I am basically finding recipes through Pinterest and then attempting to not have any #PinterestFails.

Wish me luck! (and for those I force my recipes on... good luck to you, too!)