"Cheesy" Garlic Hummus

Name: "Cheesy" Garlic Hummus
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 small heads garlic; 15.5 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 4 tbsp (60 g) lemon juice; 2 tbsp (32 g) almond butter, or tahini; 2 tbsp (10 g) nutritional yeast; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp salt

3 steps

Prep:10minCook:45min

This one is for all you garlic lovers out there. The garlic is roasty, pungent, and sweet. It's "cheesy" from the nutritional yeast, but you can use grated parmesan instead if you like. I've made this alongside a batch of Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, which you should check out as well

Updated at: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:47:49 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories54.1 kcal (3%)

Total Fat1.9 g (3%)

Carbs7.3 g (3%)

Sugars1.1 g (1%)

Protein2.6 g (5%)

Sodium98.1 mg (5%)

Fiber1.8 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

14 servings

2 headsgarlic

small

15.5 ozcan chickpeas

drained and rinsed

60glemon juice

32galmond butter

or tahini

10gnutritional yeast

1 tspground cumin

1 tspgarlic powder

½ tsponion powder

½ tspblack pepper

¼ tspsalt

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 400F. Cut the top off the garlic, lightly spray with oil, and wrap in aluminum foil. Roast for 45 minutes, or until golden and soft

garlic2 heads

Step 2

Drain and rinse the chickpeas, and add to a food processor. Squeeze the cloves of garlic out of the head into the food processor. Blend the garlic and chickpeas with the lemon juice and almond butter (or tahini) until smooth