Serve as an appetizer with crudites or eat as a snack with baked tortilla chips or whole wheat pita crisps. Either way this is a quick and tasty way to get in three of my top ten super foods: garlic, extra virgin olive oil and beans.
Food Weight: 1.0
Ingredients
Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1/10 of recipe, 54 grams or ~1/4 cup)
1 (15.5 ounce) can of cannelloni beans, rinsed and drained
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Directions
In a food processor, add beans, olive oil and chopped garlic. Process until smooth. Season with salt, lemon juice and pepper, blend and transfer mixture to a serving dish. Serve as a dip for fresh vegetables or as a spread on baked tortilla or whole wheat pita chips.
Nutritional Information per Serving (54 grams or ~1/4 cup):
Food weight: 1.0, Calories:97, Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Sodium: 275mg, Carbohydrate: 7g, Dietary Fiber: 2g, Sugars: 0g, Protein: 3g
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