Hummus (no olive oil)

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  • Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
* Small can (14 1/2 oz) hummus ("chickpeas";"garbanzo beans"; "ceci beans") * 1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste) * 1/2 cups lemon juice, more or less to taste * 1 1/2 tsp salt, more or less to taste * 1 clove garlic - more to taste * 1 - 2 TBSP reserved liquid * 1/4 tsp cummin (Egyptian style, optional) * 2 TBSP chopped parsley (garnish)
Directions
Food processor, or some way of mashing the chickpeas and mixing in the other ingredients.

DRAIN hummus, reserving liquid.

PEEL and chop garlic.

PUT hummus, garlic, tahini, lemon juice and salt in food processor, process to thick paste.

TASTE. From here on, your tastebuds dictate the ingredients. Add tahini, salt, lemon juice until mixture suits your taste. Slowly add (tsp) reserved liquid if too dry.

GARNISH with parsley (optional) and serve with pita or arabic bread, or crackers.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMYBDK.

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 244.9
  • Total Fat: 11.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 911.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.5 g
  • Protein: 8.5 g

Member Reviews
  • ROSSYFLOSSY
    Great recipe for entertaining. - 6/28/21
  • GEORGE815
    Nice recipe - 6/18/21
  • ZRIE014
    tasty - 12/18/20
  • 1HAPPYSPIRIT
    Delicious! - 1/2/20
  • KATHYJO56
    so yummy - 10/7/19
  • NEPTUNE1939
    ty - 4/22/19
  • CD4114015
    Gonna try this - 9/1/18
  • NELLJONES
    Sorry, hummus needs that olive oil. It doesn't take much. - 8/13/18
  • NANCYPAT1
    Hmmm - 7/24/18
  • CD13430429
    GREAT! I used about 1/8 cup of lemon juice, and no salt...my daughter gobbled it up. Thanks for the recipe. - 12/29/12