astray recipes: Garbanzo spread

Categories: Veg01
Yield: 6 servings

Measure	Ingredient
½	Onion; chopped
1	Clove garlic
1 tablespoon	Oil
1 dash	Cumin
	Salt; to taste
1 teaspoon	Basil
½ teaspoon	Oregano
½ bunch	Parsley; chopped fine
	One lemon; juice of
3 cups	Cooked garbanzo beans; mashed
⅔ cup	Toasted sesame seeds; ground (optional)

Garbanzo Spread is an enduring favorite. Try it as an open-face sandwich with cucumber and tomato slices, or thin it with a little vegetable or bean stock and serve as a dip with whole wheat crackers.

Saute onion and garlic in oil until onion is transparent. Add cumin and cook until fragrant. Crush garlic with a fork. Add herbs and parsley at the last minute, cooking just enough to soften parsley. Mix with the lemon and mashed beans (and sesame), stirring together thoroughly.

Makes about 3 cups.

Recipe by: Laurel Robertson, The New Laurel's Kitchen Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

garbanzo spread