Great party food & healthy appetizer.
Ingredients
- One Can Garbanzo beans
- 2-3 Cloves of Garlic-minced
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Tahini (sesame seed paste)
- Salt to Taste
- ½ Cup Pesto Sauce (jarred or homemade- see below)
Homemade Pesto Sauce:
- One handful of basil
- 1/3 Cup Toasted Pine Nuts (sauté over stove top w/olive oil until golden brown)
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- Salt to Taste
Boil Garbanzo Beans for 30 minutes. Drain (leave a little water) When beans are soft, mix in all ingredients in the pot. Scoop into blender. Blend until pureed.
Enjoy Pesto with carrot sticks, celery sticks, tortilla chips, pita bread, crackers....
Is pesto healthy? I think so.... Check out what others think of its nutritional value:
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