Hummus

Today's healthy recipe is Hummus! I have tried to make hummus once before and I forgot to drain the garbanzo beans and it was really gross, don't do that! This time I used this recipe from allrecipes.com,right here-

Hummus III
Submitted by: RC2STEPRated: 5 out of 5 by 701 members
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 10 MinutesYields: 16 servings
"As a spread, dip or garlicky pita filling, classic hummus is both delicious and satisfying. Best of all, it's whipped up in seconds in a blender or food processor."
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups canned garbanzo
beans, drained
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, halved
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pinch paprika
1 teaspoon minced fresh
parsley
DIRECTIONS:
1.
Place the garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, salt and garlic in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl.
2.
Drizzle olive oil over the garbanzo bean mixture. Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.

I didn't add that much of the reserved bean juice (gross word!), prob. only 1/4 cup. Just make it as thin or thick as you like it. Also, I started blending with just the 2 cups of beans but ended up using the 2 whole cans.

Serves 16 and it's 77 calories for 2 tablespoons. Jaley helped me with this and she grabbed cilantro instead of parsley, whoops! We couldn't tell though. I also added 1 tsp. of red pepper flakes because I'm obsessed with spicy.

On a side note- Jordan & I took Violet to the park today for pictures. Her Grandma K gave her a cute boutique dress for her birthday and I finally got pics of her in it! I'll post them soon!