Nerd Blizzard Adventure

When I was a kid, my favorite thing to get at dairy queen was a nerd blizzard.  It was basically just nerds mixed with vanilla ice cream, but it was really delicious and a great sugar rush.  But now dairy queen doesn't even make them anymore, and they wouldn't be vegan anyway.  So I figured out how to make my own.  This isn't a recipe exactly, but just a suggestion for a delicious treat.

I took some so delicious soy ice cream and let it soften for a while.  Then, I dumped it in a tupperwear container and mixed in a box of nerds.  Sometimes its hard to find them, but I got them at Walgreens.  I just mixed them around and then refroze it, and it tastes really similar to what I had as a kid.  If you leave it for more than, say, 12 hours, the ice cream dissolves the shell of the nerds a little and makes it taste even more amazing.

Chickpea Snack

This is a really simple but tasty snack.  Its basically just roasted chickpeas, but I could eat it all the time, and chickpeas are really healthy.

Heat up about 2-3 tbsps of olive oil in a frying pan.
Dice one medium yellow onion and 3 cloves of garlic and throw it in the oil.
Let this cook for about 1-2 minutes, until it softens a little.

Add a rinsed can of chickpeas to the mix.  Allow this to cook for about 5-7 minutes, until everything starts to brown a little.  Serve it up and salt and pepper it to taste.

Posting should become more regular again.  I'm in my own studio apartment and just got my internet hooked up. My cat broke his hip somehow while at my parent's place, but he's doing much better now.