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Tomato and Basil Hummus with Bread

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup chickpeas/garbanzo beans, canned
  • 4 Tbsp tahini or sesame butter
  • 1 red tomato
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 18 slices whole wheat baguette, toasted

Directions: 

  1. Chop the tomatoes.
  2. Mince the garlic.
  3. Drain the chickpeas/garbanzo beans.
  4. Mix in food processor or blender, all ingredients together except the baguette.
  5. Bake the baguette slices in oven at 400F for around 10 minutes or until toasted.
  6. Serve hummus on toasted baguette slices.

Servings:
6 servings

Other Presentation ideas:
Place humus on bowl surrounded by lettuce leaves and crisps of bread.

Menu suggestions:
Great as an appetizer or snack.

Courtesy of:
Raquel Pereira, MS, RD

 

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/6 of recipe
Servings Per Recipe 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories 222

Total Fat* 11.5 g

Saturated Fat 1.7g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 5.9g
Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Total Carbohydrate 25.6 g
(after subtracting fiber =21.2g)

Dietary Fiber 4.4g

Sugars 3.7g

Protein 6.7g

Sodium 369.5mg

 

Exchanges per Serving
1 Medium-Fat Meat
1.5 Starch
1 Fat

1.5 Carbohydrate Choice


* Total fat may be slightly higher than the sum of individual fat totals due to rounding or lack of available information (some food items in the software do not have an indicated breakdown of mono- and polyunsaturated fats).

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