Hummus with Roasted Red Peppers

If you are a snacker, here's an easy recipe to follow to make home-made hummus.  Enjoy with raw vegetables and/or whole wheat pita chips or crackers. 

Hummus a healthy alternative to late night snacks and also great to bring to work to hold you over between lunch and dinner.  This weekend, we went to Boston and took the train.  We brought our home-made hummus with us for the train ride to make sure we had something healthy to eat and to save some money!

 

How roast red peppers:

All you need is one red pepper for the hummus.

1. Place red peppers directly on stove burner over a medium flame.
2. Once the side of the pepper is charred, continue to turn the pepper until all sides are charred. 
3. The pepper will be hot so be careful - use tongs. 
4. Place the charred pepper in a metal bowl and cover with plastic wrap. 
5. Leave covered for approximately 20 minutes.
6. Remove the pepper from the bowl and the skin should slide right off of the pepper. 
7. Cut as desired and remove seeds. 

      

                  

Hummus

Ingredients

1 Roasted red pepper

1 15 oz can garbanzo beans, drained

1/3 cup tahini
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 clove of garlic, chopped
salt and pepper, to taste

Directions
Place all ingredients in a food processor and mix until well blended. 

Thank you Nancy for sharing!