Stuff pita bread halves with veggies and homemade hummus made with white beans and fresh basil.
White Bean Hummus Pitas
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Hummus
- 1 can (15 or 19 oz) cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 small clove garlic, chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
Sandwiches
- 4 whole wheat pita (pocket) breads (6 inch), cut in half to form pockets
- 1 1/2 cups loosely packed fresh spinach
- 4 very thin slices red onion, cut in half
- 8 thin slices tomato, cut in half
Instructions
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Step1In food processor bowl, place all hummus ingredients except basil; process 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth. Add basil; pulse to mix.
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Step2To assemble sandwiches, spoon about 2 tablespoons hummus into each pita bread half. Place spinach leaves, onion and tomato slices in each.
Nutrition
330
Calories
5g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
56g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 800mg
- 33%
- Potassium
- 270mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 56g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 11g
- 43%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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