*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                        Red Pepper Hummus Pockets

Recipe By     : Easy Vegetarian Meals Pillsbury April 1998 #206
Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Diabetic                         Theme Week
                Vegetables

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Hummus:
   2      c             Cooked chickpeas -- drained & rinsed *1
   1      tb            Lemon juice
   1      tb            Olive oil
   2      cl            Garlic -- chopped
     1/3  c             Roasted red peppers -- drained *2
                        Sandwiches:
   8                    Lettuce leaves
   1      md            Cucumber -- sliced thinly *3
   4      lg            Whole-wheat pita bread -- halved

*1 -- 19 oz can Garbanzo Beans or Chick Peas or cook you own, make
sure that canned are well drained to get the salt rinsed off

*2 -- from 7-1/4 oz jar

*3 -- English cucumbers are excellent

In food processor bowl with metal blade, combine chickpeas, lemon
juice, oil, and garlic; process 1 or 2 minutes or until smooth. Add
roasted peppers; process 30 - 60 seconds or until peppers are finely
chopped.

To assemble sandwiches, place lettuce leaf and cucumber slices in
each pita bread half. Spoon with 3 tb hummus in each.

8 sandwich; 4 servings.



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Notes:
Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Starch choice, 1 Vegetable choice, 1 Fat choice
       
Kitchen Tip:  If you do not have a food processor or a blender, mash
the chickpeas with a fork. The mixture may be slightly lumpy, but the
texture does not interfere with flavour.