Did you know that Garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) are full of insoluble fiber? In other words, they act as a loofah for your colon! And who couldn’t use a good colon scrubbing? And, only 1/3 cup of these yummy little beauties a day will help control blood sugar.
There are lots of delicious ways get your daily dose. You can “boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew” But my favorite is HUMMUS!! And its really hard to find a store bought hummus that isn’t full of sugar and preservatives. (yep, even THAT brand…check the ingredients!) But, today is your lucky day because I have a quick, delicious and super healthy recipe to share with you. (quick+delicious+healthy=WINNING!) And it has only 4 whole, clean, nourishing ingredients.
2 c organic chickpeas (you can buy them dried and soak/cook them, or you can find them canned in water and salt)
1 Organic roasted red pepper*
1 clove organic chopped garlic
1/3 c organic extra virgin olive oil
salt + pepper to taste
Put the chickpeas, roasted peppers, olive oil and garlic in a blender or food processor
Blend until it reaches desired consistency (I like mine extra smooth and creamy)
Halfway through I add the salt and pepper to taste (I like mine pretty salty and peppery)
Enjoy! (I especially love cucumbers with mine, but you can use tortilla chips, carrots, pita chips, broccoli, etc)
*roasting the pepper adds so much extra flavor and is super simple to do
Cut the pepper in half and remove the seeds
set the oven to broil and place the rack closest to the top burners
place the peppers on the rack and cook until they start to blacken (you want them the tiniest bit black for flavor but too much and they just taste burned.
turn and do the same to the other side
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