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Hummus

As I told you a couple of weeks ago, I have celery, carrots, broccoli and coli flower always chopped at home for easy snacks.
We use a lot of hummus as a dip or sometimes guacamole works great too.
Today I made hummus, with a recipe I tried when I was living in Lima.

2 Cans of garbanzo beans ( 3 cups aprx)
4 - 5 garlic cloves
1/2 lime juice
1/5 tbsp cumin
1/8 tbsp cayenne pepper
1/5 black pepper
1/5 cup fresh parsley
1/2 cup veggie stock

Rinse the garbanzo beans with warm water, let them soak for about 10 minutes and then peel them. Don't worry you won't have to peel one by one, once they are soaked, it gets really easy, just put them in between your hands and rub them gently and you will notice how the peel just comes out all in once.

In the meantime roast the garlic cloves, you can put them in the oven or just in a small pan until the peel gets brown. So they are cook inside.

Add all the ingredients together in the food processor until it makes a soft pure.



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