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Serves
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79
Calories
Dietician's Tip: Serve this easy Mediterranean spread with warmed whole-wheat pita bread. For a different taste you can substitute white, butter or lima beans for garbanzos and 1 teaspoon toasted ground cumin seeds for the paprika.
Ingredients
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) reduced-sodium garbanzos, rinsed and drained except for 1/4 cup liquid
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)*
- 2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
*Note: If you need to follow a gluten-free diet, check the label to make sure the brand of tahini is gluten-free.
Directions
In a blender or food processor, add the garbanzos. Process to puree. Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, paprika, tahini and parsley. Blend well. Add the reserved liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time until the mixture has the consistency of a thick spread. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutritional analysis per serving
Serving size: 1/4 cup
- Calories 79
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Monounsaturated fat 1 g
- Saturated fat <1 g
- Sodium 182 mg
- Total carbohydrate 10 g
- Dietary fiber 2.5 g
- Protein 3 g
- Serving size 1/4 cup
- Total fat 3 g
- Nuts, seeds and dry beans 1/2
- Protein and dairy 1/2
- Nonstarchy vegetables 2
Last Updated: 05-20-2014
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