Sun-Dried Tomato and Chickpea Spread

Kind of a hummus, but so much more! I like it in a sandwich on rye bread or kamut bread with some cucumber slices and alfalfa sprouts... I call that the gourmet hippie sandwich.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 2  cups  cooked chickpeas (if canned, drain and rinse them)
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  lemon, juice of
• 1⁄3 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, chopped
• 2  tablespoons olive oil (use the one that the tomatoes were packed in)
•  salt and pepper
• 10  leaves fresh basil, chopped

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, mash the chickpeas. You don't want purée. You still want chunks, don't you?.
2. Add the rest of ingredients.
3. Mix well.
4. Put in the refrigerator and let sit for a couple of hours, to let the flavors combine.
5. Use as you would use hummus, or use it as a sandwich spread.