Carrot Hummus and other Game Day Eats
Happy Monday to you! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Mine was good, but went by way too fast (as always). Next weekend, I’ll be traveling to Houston (about 5 hours away) for Landen’s gymnastics meet, but lots of you will be watching the big game or pretending to watch the big game with your significant other. 😉 I’ve compiled a variety of healthy recipes perfect for game day or any day. But first, let’s talk Carrot Hummus… you should definitely add this dip to your game day snack menu!
My mom came across the Carrot Hummus on The Biggest Loser website, gave it a try and told me that I should really try it too. I’m so glad that I did… Brad especially enjoyed it and said that it was his favorite hummus ever. It’s one of my favorites too and pairs really well with Mary’s Gone Crackers.
Ingredients
- 1 cup well packed shredded carrots or 2 cups baby carrots
- 1 15 oz. can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained
- ½ cup lemon juice, about one large lemons
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup tahini, sesame seed butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ tsp. salt, plus more to taste
- ½ tsp. cumin
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a food processor or high-speed blender. Blend until smooth, about 2 minutes. Transfer hummus to serving bowl, serve raw veggies, crackers, chips and/or mini pitas. Makes a great spread for wraps and sandwiches too!
Notes
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If you’re in charge of game day snacks, here are a few more ideas of foods that you might want to include. Click on the name of the recipe to be taken to the page where the recipe appears.
Butternut Squash Black Bean Burritos
Southwestern Stuffed Bell Peppers
Chopped Southwestern Tuna Salad
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
I’m linking up all of this marvelousness with Katie over at The Healthy Diva. Get your Monday started off right and head on over to her blog to check out more marvelousness!
Something to think about…..
Are you going to be watching the Super Bowl? Are you really interested? Not me, but I am looking forward to catching the half-time show with Bruno Mars.
What are your favorite game day eats or party snacks?
Have you ever tried any of the recipes from The Biggest Loser? I’ve actually tried several and always been pleased.
Hope the start to your week is absolutely marvelous!!
So many delicious hummus recipes! I’m not a big fan of football in general, but I’ll probably watch the super bowl…mostly because I want to see all of the commercials. Guilty pleasure 🙂
You sound just like me! 😉
Seeing as how carrots are pretty much my favorite food ever, I have a feeling that I would absolutely love this. Do you think it would be too redundant to eat the hummus WITH carrots? 😉
Not at all redundant…. that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. 😉
That sounds like an interestingly good hummus! No chickpeas for me though so I would have to make it with zucchini instead. I actually made a new Paleo one today that I’ll be sharing soon! Maybe I’ll be taking that to superbowl… or brownie bites 🙂
The zucchini and carrots would be an interesting mix. I’m sure it would be pretty darn good. My vote is for the brownie bites!
I looooove nachos! Fortunately for the SuperBowl I’m headed to a friend’s house who makes the most incredible nachos. She actually writes a nacho blog!!!
That sounds fabulous! A nacho blog… how cool!
Those eggplant fries look great! I like game day chili. 🙂
I love chili chips while watching games too!
Ohh I’d love to try that white chicken chili! Looks really good!
It’s one of my favorite chili recipes. Hope you get a chance to give it a try!
That Hummus is such a great recipe!! Never thought of adding carrots, genius!!
I’d love to watch superbowl while eating all your yummy food, but not shown here 🙁
Awww…. that’s too bad! Hope your week is off to a great start!
Love the carrot hummus idea and I really need to make the nut butter hummus!! Love hummus!
Oh… I do too!