Hummus (no olive oil)

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 4
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

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Introduction

The best hummus I've made yet! I had to look at the recipe a few times to make sure that I wasn't leaving olive oil out - rest assured, the it doesn't call for any oil and tastes amazing! The best hummus I've made yet! I had to look at the recipe a few times to make sure that I wasn't leaving olive oil out - rest assured, the it doesn't call for any oil and tastes amazing!

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.