Roasted Garlic Hummus – Skyterra Recipe

Roasted Garlic Hummus is a guest favorite appetizer dip courtesy of Skyterra Wellness Retreat. It pairs well with grilled veggies, especially zucchini, broccoli, summer squash, carrot sticks, asparagus, tomatoes, and olives.

Roasted Garlic Hummus

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Course: Appetizers and Snacks

Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine

Keyword: garbanzo beans, garlic, Lemon

Servings: 6 Servings

Calories: 305kcal

Courtesy Of: Skyterra Wellness Retreat

Hummus is rich in healthy fats, fiber, potassium, small amounts of iron and heart healthy benefits from the garlic.

Ingredients

• ▢ 25 oz Chickpeas - cooked, or if canned, drained and rinsed. Reserve the liquid.
• ▢ 2 oz Tahini
• ▢ 3-4 whole Roasted garlic cloves - reserve the oil as detailed below
• ▢ 1 whole Lemon - juiced
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Smoked paprika
• ▢ 1 bunch Thyme - fresh
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons Olive oil - reserved from garlic roasting
• ▢ 1 pinch Kosher salt - or to taste
• ▢ 1 pinch black pepper to taste - or to taste

Instructions

Roasted Garlic

• Place 3-4 garlic cloves and thyme on a square of aluminum foil, cover with 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil, and seal into a pouch. Roast for 10-15 minutes until caramelized in color and tender. Discard thyme. Reserve the Oil. Set aside to cool.

Hummus

• Toss garbanzo beans in the cooled garlic oil, salt and pepper to taste, and smoked paprika. Roast on sheet pan for 20 minutes.
• Place warm beans, lemon juice, tahini, roasted garlic in food processor and blend with reserved liquid from beans and garlic oil (as necessary for looser texture) for 5 minutes. Blend more for creamy and smooth, or less for a chunky consistency.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Let cool and store in airtight container up to two weeks.
• Enjoy!
  

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Nutrition

Serving: 4 oz | Calories: 305 kcal (15%) | Carbohydrates: 30 g (10%) | Protein: 10 g (20%) | Fat: 17 g (26%) | Sodium: 302 mg (13%) | Potassium: 208 mg (6%) | Fiber: 8.6 g (36%) | Sugar: 5 g (6%) | Vitamin A: 133 IU (3%) | Vitamin C: 3.8 mg (5%) | Calcium: 98 mg (10%) | Iron: 2.24 mg (12%)

Skyterra Wellness Retreat near Asheville, surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.  Skyterra offers an all-inclusive weight loss and fitness program in this beautiful mountain and lake setting. Guests explore sustainable foundations of good health, sound nutrition, and mindful well-being, and enjoy daily fitness, outdoor adventures, water sports, farm-to-fork cuisine, massage, educational classes, and more.

Executive Chef  Erica Lee Reynolds, in partnership with Lindsay Ford, RD, MS, ACSM, the rest of the Skyterra culinary team deliver visually stunning, flavorful meals that offer optimum and complete nutrition – regardless of the type of diet a guest may be following. Vegan? Paleo? Vegetarian? Low-salt? Kosher? In the Skyterra culinary center, you won’t just be appeased. Your special diet will be embraced and celebrated, and you will walk away inspired to explore it further.   All meals are crafted from the best organic ingredients, with most of the items coming from local farms and purveyors. When it comes to sourcing meat and produce, the teams builds on relationships with nearby farmers that have been doing things the right way for a long time.