Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • 1/4 cup (calculated without pita wedges and vegetables)
  • Calories:
  • 106
  • Fat:
  • 5 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 1 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 0 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 192 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 13 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 4 g
  • Diabetic Exchange:
  • 1 starch, 1/2 fat.


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Lemony Hummus

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This easy hummus from Josephine Devereaux Piro of Easton, Pennsylvania is flavored with garlic and lemon, but has a delicious nuttiness from tahini. “I love the kick the tahini gives this hummus,” she says.

SERVINGS: 6

CATEGORY: Lower Fat

METHOD:

TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Ingredients:

  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas or garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • Pita breads, warmed and cut into wedges
  • Carrot and celery sticks

Directions:

Process garlic in a food processor until minced. Add the chickpeas, lemon juice, water, tahini, cumin, salt and pepper; cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl. Serve with pita wedges and vegetables. Yield: 1-1/2 cups.

  • Re: Lemony Hummus

    It's a sesame paste that you can find in any natural food store, and sometimes in the grocery store. I prefer tahini that is toasted not raw. It has better flavor.

    Summy
  • Re: Lemony Hummus

    what is tahini?

    Edil
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