Featured Recipe
Red Pepper Hummus
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Here are healthy ideas that might inspire you! Garnish this dish with lime wedges, cilantro, avocado, tortilla chips, sliced or pickled jalapeño, chopped green onion, and chopped chives. Icelandic-style or Greek-style plain unsweetened yogurt can be used as a sour cream substitute.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups of chickpeas, ½ roasted red pepper. ½ tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup feta cheese
Directions
- Cut the peppers into halves, removing the stem, membrane, and seeds. Lay them cut-sides down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Roast the peppers at 450 degrees F for about 25 minutes. Place the roasted peppers in a mixing bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let the peppers cool completely. Remove the skins. They will slip right off. Cut the peppers into strips.
- Puree red peppers, olive oil, and spices in a food
- processor or blender until smooth.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas into a strainer. Combine
- the chickpeas, olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt,
- and pepper in the bowl of the food processor. Process
- the hummus until it becomes exceptionally smooth, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. If the hummus is thicker than you like, blend in more chickpea liquid to make it creamier.
- Combine roasted red peppers and hummus in a bowl and blend until well combined.
- Garnish with olive oil and feta cheese.
