Low Fat Greek Hummus

Submitted by Kim Boyle

"This is a wonderful party appetizer, also nice to just snack on and almost guilt free. I love it with pita bread or with carrot and celery sticks"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2 cups

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 -3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1⁄3 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 tablespoon plain nonfat yogurt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Add all ingredients together in food processor.
2. Process until smooth.
3. Serve as a dip for vegetables or as a filling for gyros.
4. For gyros, toppings may include lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion, radishes, parsley, olives or feta cheese.

Reviews

[lizeroo]

Made this last night to take for work today and ending up eating about half! I did add a little extra lemon juice, probably a total of about a 1/4 cup and double the amt of cumin. Didn't have any cayenne, so used red pepper flakes. The taste is great - nice and garlickly. Used it to make a layered meditteranean salad with olives, feta and salad greens - YUMMY!

 

[Kitchenette]

I had high hopes for this recipe, and it was pretty good, but it's not something I'll make again. I made a big batch of garbanzo beans and prepared half using this recipe and half using recipe #278791. We found that the other hummus recipe had a far superior flavor and a creamier texture. Like a couple of other reviewers, I had to add more liquids to get a smoother, consistency, and the sesame oil flavor just wasn't a good substitute for the tahini.

 

[YiayiaMouse]

Not everything that seems too good to be true is! This is awesome. Everyone at the Greek dinner party felt the same... and so easy! Next time I'll use a bit more sesame oil and try the other rater's suggestion with more cumin and lemon. It was just great as written, though! Thanks, Kim!

 

[sugarpea]

Nice garlic flavor. Seemed a little dry so I doubled the yogurt and added 1T peanut butter to cut the grittiness of the chickpeas.

 

[Auntie Jan]

Very easy and very tasty. I made if for our veggies that we have on hand to snack on. Was getting tired of the usual ranch dressing we were using. Thanks for a new alternative.