Christine's Legume Recipes

These are two favorites that definitely utilize legumes.

#1 Christine's Hummus

1 can chick peas (garbanzo beans) drained and rinsed--keep the liquid
couple cloves of garlic (more if you like a lot of garlic)
couple good squeezes of lemon juice
couple little drizzles good extra virgin olive oil (maybe 1 tsp each to start)
pinch kosher salt sesame seeds (I throw about 1/4 --1/3 cup into a hot pan to toast, then mortar and pestal it and throw it in)

Put everything into a food processor or blender (blender if you like it really smooth). You may have to add some of the liquid to get it moving, a little at a time.
Top it with 1 more tsp. of olive oil and if you like paprika--it's great either way!

Great with fresh veggies of your choice (we love cucs and carrots), or toasted pitas.

Toasted Pitas:
Take the whole wheat pocket pitas and cut each 1/2 into three slices (like a pizza), then pull them apart and place them on a cookie sheet. Spray very lightly with nonstick spray-like two or three sprays and shake a little Salt Free Montreal Chicken on them. Bake at 380 for about 7 minutes. They are done when they crisp up a bit.



#2 Christine's EASY Chili

1 can kidney beans-drained
1 can red beans-drained
2 cans chili beans
1 package original Williams chili seasoning
1 lb 93% lean beef or ground turkey breast-browned with 1/3 cup onion of your choice
3 cans tomatoes (whole, you break them up, or chopped)
1 can mild Rotel

(you can sub. black beans, garbanzos for any other beans above)

the longer you cook it the better it is...slow cooker is great--low all day or as long as you can on the stove on low.

Good luck!