Homemade Hummus

You can whip up a batch of homemade hummus in about five minutes with a handful of ingredients and a blender or food processor. And, it’s less expensive and tastes better than the kind you’d buy at the store!  

Homemade hummus is great because you can reduce the amount of olive oil and tahini, making it lower in fat and calories. Since this recipe has a lot less fat than store-bought hummus, we calculate the Portion Fix containers differently. A ¼ cup serving of this recipe uses only ½ of a precious yellow and 1½ tsp instead of 1 blue container (which means you can save that blue container for avocado, nuts, or cheese! YAY!!!).

Homemade Hummus

Total Time: 5 min.
Prep Time: 5 min.
Cooking Time: None
Yield: 10 servings, about ¼ cup each

Ingredients:
1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), reserve liquid
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
¼ cup tahini (sesame butter)
Sea salt (or Himalayan salt) (to taste; optional)
Ground paprika (for garnish; optional)

Preparation:
1. Place chickpeas, lemon juice, oil, and garlic in food processor or blender and pulse until chickpeas are mashed.
2. Add tahini; pulse for 1 minute. If hummus is too thick, add some of the reserved chickpea liquid. Add salt, if desired.
3. Garnish with paprika, if desired.

Nutritional Information (per serving):
Calories: 93
Total Fat: 5 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 110 mg
Carbohydrates: 9 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugars: 1 g
Protein: 3 g

P90X/P90X2 Portions
½ Fat
¼ Tuber/Legume Carb

P90X3 Portions
½ Carb
1½ Fat

Body Beast Portions
½ Legume
1½ Fat

Containers
½ Yellow
1½ tsp.

Post via The BeachBody Blog.