This healthy homemade hummus uses 5 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make. It has a delicious balance of flavours, it's creamy and also packed with protein. 🌱💪

Hummus is a great way to help curb your appetite if you’re on a diet. The fibre and protein in the chickpeas both have a high satiety value, meaning they keep you full for longer. There is also a whopping 39 grams of protein in one can of chickpeas. That’s double the amount of protein in a block of tofu!

You can spread this homemade hummus on toast, use it as a dip for chips or in wraps for some extra protein.

Ingredients

• 1 can chickpeas
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic
• salt to taste

Optional Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground paprika

Method

• Drain and rinse the can of chickpeas.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons of the liquid.
• Add the chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic to your food processor and blitz.
• Slowly add the reserved chickpea liquid until the desired consistency is reached.

Serve and enjoy!

How do you like to have your hummus? Do you make yours at home or use store-bought hummus?

This is also my second entry to the last week of the #veganuarycontest, created by the @lolzwithlisa. To learn more about the contest click here.

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