Roasted Beet Hummus

Ingredients

  • 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

  • ½ cup peeled and chopped roasted beets

  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine chickpeas, beets, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a food processor. Cover and process until smooth, scraping down sides as needed. 

  2. How to roast beets: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F 

  3. Wrap beets in foil and seal tightly. Bake for 45 minutes or until tender when pierced with a knife. Cool 

  4. Use a paper towel to run skins off beets. Chop coarsely. 

Adapted from EatRight.org