Baked Wheatbran-Coated Veggie-Bean Crunchies
By: Cool Lassie
Published: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 4:21am

Ingredients




1/2 cup Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas), cooked and mashed
5 Multi-colored mini peppers, diced
2 Cubanelle peppers , diced
1 handful Sweetpea, cooked
1 teaspoon Cracked pepper, or to taste
Salt, to taste
1 cup Wheat Bran, for coating and mixing
1 tablespoon Olive oil

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 2 On a greased cookie sheet, arrange the diced peppers and bake for 10 minutes. 3 In a shallow pan, add the wheat bran and set aside. 4 In a mixing bowl, add the cooked chickpeas and sweetpeas and roughly mash. Add the pepper, salt and baked peppers. 5 Gently mix all the above ingredients and check for salt prior to making even sized balls. 6 Coat the balls in wheat bran and arrange it on a cookie sheet. 7 Bake for 10-15 minutes and serve hot with ketchup.

About


This recipe was an experiment that turned out as a party-hit.  Wheat Bran is packed with fiber, and baking with it makes for a healthy snacking.