Hello!
Monday was a snowy day again!
Monday’s Workout
I did 13 real push ups and oh my was it hard!
My goal by the end of February is to do 20!
Thank you Becky for hosting once again 
I didn’t do this full workout because I knew I was going to be incorporating push ups into my workout. But please if you are following along let us know how this workout was!
I also did some Biceps + Back + Cardio
25 minutes of cardio- I split mine between the treadmill and the elliptical
Here are some more pictures of the exercises:
Seated Rows:
Don’t mind my facial expressions! It was pretty heavy.
Bench Push Ups:
After the gym I refueled with my Beverly International Protein shake, of course.
Lunch
Some fresh strawberries:
I could not wait to eat lunch because I knew I wanted to roast some chickpeas and top my salad with them!
I couldn’t have chicken with my salad because It was “Meatless Monday” for the Healthy sELF challenge. I needed some extra protein so I topped my salad with a fried egg also.
I made my own dressing too:
A splash of lime juice, lemon grapeseed oil, and lemon rosemary blend seasoning. Good to go!
The runny egg made a little bit of its own dressing too. So good.
And then a dark chocolate coconut bite.
And the least favorite part of my day….Finding all the matching socks!
During the day I also had quite a few snacks:
- Love grown granola (that I won from a giveaway that Lindsey had!)
- Another Beverly Shake
- Blueberries
- SuperSeedz (I’ll be doing a product review soon)
Now let me tell you how I made those wonderful Roasted Chickpeas that you saw on my salad.
Inspired by this recipe
Roasted Chickpeas
These are my new favorite snack because they are the bomb!
I made the them with one can of chickpeas because that’s all I had, but feel free to make a larger batch if you want!
You want to start by making your oven super HOT. 425 degrees hot. I put my non stick baking sheet in the oven so it gets super HOT too!
Next, drain and rinse the chickpeas. After you rinse them you need to place them on a paper towel in a single layer to dry them off. I laid another paper towel on top and rolled them around to make sure they were good and dry!
I put the chickpeas in a bowl to coat them with the seasonings.
Add salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder to the bowl and mix everything together!
Take the HOT baking sheet out of the oven and spray with non stick olive oil.
Place the chickpeas onto the baking sheet in a single layer!
Put into the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Roll around with a spatula and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
** Definitely OK to eat alone as a tasty snack, or top your salad with it like I did!
The finished product:
Ingredients:
- 1-2 cans chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
- Non Stick Spray
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place chickpeas on a paper towel and pay completely dry. Remove any loose skins.
- Place in a bowl and mist with olive oil or oil of choice. Sprinkle with seasonings of your choice and toss well to coat. Transfer to baking sheet. Make sure chickpeas are in a single layer. Bake for 15 minutes, toss well and flip, then bake for about 15 minute. Let cool and eat!
Store them in air tight containers. I just left them out on the counter and I will probably snack on them tomorrow and have them in another salad.
Enjoy!
How has your week been going?
Have you ever had roasted chickpeas?
I’m watching the Bachelor as we speak…who else hates Tiara??
cleaneatingveggiegirl
Roasted chickpeas are awesome! I am pretty much obsessed with chickpeas, in general, but roasting them is definitely my current favorite way to prepare them.
Jessica
Nice! My coworkers and I just started the 100 push up challenge and I’m up to 10 real ones without stopping which is WAY better than where I was when I started!
olivesanwine
I’ve been wanting to try roasted chickpeas! The recipe looks fairly simple so I’ll have to do it this weekend
quartercenturysouthernliving
I am all about the Bachelor! I really like Lindsay. I’m not feeling Tiara so much. These pictures are great. The snow is beautiful!
Ashley @ Life and Fitness
Never tried roasted chickpeas before! Sounds interesting.
cookingfortheotherhalf
Those roasted chickpeas look awesome, girl! I’ve never made them but they look super easy. And that salad looks so good too– I love runny egg on salads.
Apples and Arteries
I really need to try making those. I’d probably use cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger.
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
13 pushups? Definitely impressive! I remember hurting in places that I didn’t know I could hurt when I started doing more pushups
And I’ve only given roasted chickpeas a chance on one occasion, but I think I messed up somewhere along the line because they didn’t turn out as well as I would have hoped. Yours look so good, though! I might have to give them another shot.
Fitcupcaker
you should…let me know if you do…the place and date for HLS has been announced…I want to go to that too! If I have money..
Jackie @ Nachoaveragerunner
Your blog is really cute! I will have to try the recipe!
Jackie
Cute blog! I will have to try the recipe!!
Devon @ Health in Equilibrium
I love making roasted chickpeas! It’s funny, my recipe is very similar to yours! Although I use olive oil and smoked paprika instead of regular
Presley (@runpretty)
Those look so good! Um… my socks never match (especially my running socks). hahah oops. I guess I gave up a long time ago.
Ashley@Cupcakesncrunches
I love roasted chickpeas!
And Tierra has got to GO! She is so CRAZY! Gosh – can’t even handle her.
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