Garlic Hummus

If you're looking for a delicious and healthy snack, hummis is tops. This is a vegetarian Middle Eastern dish and if you've yet to embrace it, this is a great recipe to start with. It features garlic to enhance the flavor.

Ingredients:
Four cans chickpeas
Juice of two lemons
One bunch of parsley
7-10 cloves of garlic
Sesame tahini
Garlic flavored oil (or olive oil)
One large onion
One red pepper
One green pepper
One large carrot
Sea salt
Spices

Instructions

1) Drain and rinse the chickpeas, setting aside.
2) Peel the garlic (chopping it up a little bit) before placing in a food processor.
3) Chop some of the stems off of the parsley before adding to the food processor.
4) Add the lemon juice and blend.
5) Add about ½ of the chickpeas, 2 to 3 tablespoons of tahini, and 2 tablespoons of oil. Blend.
6) Add the remaining chickpeas and blend, using more oil if needed. At this time, the mixture should become creamy, but still appear fairly thick.
7) Season the hummus (to taste) using spices of your choice, such as salt, pepper, cumin, basil, onion powder, garlic powder, coriander, paprika, oregano, cayenne pepper, and thyme.

Serve with pita cut into triangles or any other whole grain cracker, along with olives, sliced red and green bell peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers.