Dried beans/peas as a snack

laseeko5038
laseeko5038 Posts: 17 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone have any brands they love? As much as I love almonds and other kinds of nuts, sometimes it’s nice to switch it up. Ideally, I’d like pre-portioned packs so I can throw them in my car, in my purse and in my gym bag (I see they sell them on Amazon, but they’re kind of pricey). But I’ve also seen them at Trader Joe’s in a bigger bag. Thanks :)

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  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    I'm eating The Good Bean's roasted chickpeas as I type this. Not pre-portioned, but a scale and a few baggies take care of that...
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  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    These are flavored: smoky chili and lime. They've got a few other varieties. Off the top of my head, lightly salted, hummus, and something with lemongrass.
  • Runaroundafieldx2
    Runaroundafieldx2 Posts: 233 Member
    I love garbanzo bombay flavoured, only 88kcal a bag

    I'm in the UK

    https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/garbanzo-dry-roasted-chickpeas-bombay-firecracker-60098297
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    I'm going to try making my own. seems easy enough to dump a pile of cooked beans on a cookie sheet, season them with whatever, and roast them for a while. FIgure the worst that happens is I'm out $2 for a can of chickpeas.
  • apointe
    apointe Posts: 12 Member
    I love the Biena chickpea snacks -- honey roasted are SO yummy!! I've also wanted to try making my own.
  • Kalex1975
    Kalex1975 Posts: 427 Member
    Enlightened has a line of broad bean crisps (Bada Bean Snacks). An entire bag is about 300 calories, has 15g fiber, and 21g protein. They are very tasty and crunchy - their sriracha flavor is my favorite.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,106 Member
    I like Plentils -- I don't have any in the house at the moment -- I think the ones I had that I liked were plain or sea salt flavored. They are formed into chips. There's a different brand I like where it looks more like they've roasted and dried the beans in more or less their natural state (with spices for flavor), but I just buy them when I happen to see the and recognize the picture on the bag -- can't remember the brand name, so it's not much help. Sorry.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    I just made bean soup, so I thought you meant dried uncooked beans ! 🤮
  • no1racefan1
    no1racefan1 Posts: 277 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    I just made bean soup, so I thought you meant dried uncooked beans ! 🤮

    This is what I thought when I read the title, and I couldn't imagine why somebody would want to munch on a bag of dried beans. Then I had to open the thread because...curiosity.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited January 2019
    amy19355 wrote: »
    I'm going to try making my own. seems easy enough to dump a pile of cooked beans on a cookie sheet, season them with whatever, and roast them for a while. FIgure the worst that happens is I'm out $2 for a can of chickpeas.

    @amy19355 I'd rather make from scratch as well - let us know how you do this and how it came out!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,688 Member
    I get Enlightened Crispy Broad Bean 100-calorie packs by the case from Costco or Amazon, and pick up 200-calorie packs of Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame (in wasabi or salted) at a local store. The Enlightened ones have 7g protein per bag, the soybeans I think a little over twice that.

    I see that Amazon also has Saffron Road Crunchy Chickpeas in individual packs by the case, too. Those are also tasty, 7g protein, not sure of the calories but I think somewhere in that ballpark.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    The Trader Joe's ones are good; I liked the lightly salted ones. I also like Harvest Crisps brand; they have a ton of flavor variety. The Caesar ones are great, as are their lightly salted ones; I haven't gotten to try other flavors yet.
  • laurenq1991
    laurenq1991 Posts: 384 Member
    I like the Biena roasted chickpeas in the ranch flavor. I would like to find some low-sodium options however because most of the roasted legume options, even though the sodium count on the label is not that high, taste way too salty to me.
  • AntsyAngler
    AntsyAngler Posts: 58 Member
    I just baked up some chickpeas a couple of nights ago. I found a "crunchy" baked recipe. They were pretty good. I seasoned them two ways: chipotle chili powder, cayenne, and oregeno, and salt, and the other was curry and salt. I think I prefer wasabi peas. Or popcorn, though that's not so handy when out and about, and not so great for nutrition.
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