Easy High-Protein Home-made Hummus Recipe

With all of your social engagements over the festive season, here is a quick recipe to help keep the waist line at bay while insuring that you still partake in the fun. Here is our version of Hummus which is more nutritious than the store-bought version.

Ingredients
1 small clove garlic
1Tbsp Sesame seeds
200g chickpeas, drained weight, rinsed
1Tbsp lemon juice
100g Natural Low/No fat Yoghurt
1/4 tsp cumin, ground
Sweet Paprika to garnish

Serve with
400g Carrot and Celery Sticks
100g Low Fat Ham or Chicken

Makes 2 serves

Method
1. Place chickpeas, lemon juice, sesame seeds, cumin and garlic in the bowl of a food processor and process until a smooth paste forms, fold in yogurt. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (Add a little extra lemon juice or water if the hummus is too thick.)
2. Transfer hummus to a bowl. Sprinkle with paprika to garnish. 
3. Serve with carrot and celery sticks and rolled leg ham.

Nutritional Information per serve
Protein: 20.4 | Fat: 6.2 | Carbs: 28.3
Calories: 277