Ok so is is a new season, my Baltimore Ravens are 4-1, and Joe Flacco is looking good this year (especially since to removal of the porn star 'stache). So I am swapping back and fourth between Pats game, and checking all the scores on NFL network, along with keeping up with my trash talking friends on FB, and I must say its exhausting. Time for snacks! (Or "chips and such" as my mother refers to it, ya know, chips, veg, etc.) so I am rooting around in my cabinets looking for salsa to go with my "chip and such" and alas, all I have is sugary sodium filled crap from Piggly Wiggly. (insert big sigh of disappointment here) so I decide to whip up some skinny girl salsa and hummus of course! Ok so garbanzo beans have DOUBLE the fat of white cannellini beans, just FYI. So I keep roasted garlic in the fridge inside a jar filled with olive oil, BUT if you are not as prepared, you will need a whole head of garlic, roasted.
The easiest way to achieve this is to cut the tippy top off, wrap in foil, pour on a little olive oil and toss that puppy in the oven, 425, for about 20 minutes. Then after it cools all you have to do is squeeze it and the cloves fall right out! Genius, right? No more of that sticky peeling nonsense...
So anyway, in a food processor or blender, throw in your drained and rinsed can of cannellini beans, (say that shit 5 times fast), garlic, salt and pepper to taste, and about 1/3c EVOO. (Extra virgin olive oil for those of you who aren't swift enough to figure that one out, lol) Blend until smooth and BAM! Hummus, like a boss.
Ok so the salsa is essentially just as easy. Toss in a small container of cherry tomatoes. If you don't have chopped onion in the freezer (like I said, I'm prepared), then chop a red onion in half and throw that bad boy in the food processor with the tomatoes. Add a little Splenda, some kind of acid (lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice, whatever) about 1Tbsp, salt and pepper to taste, and that's right, more garlic. About 3 cloves of roasted, or 1 clove of raw. Whatever floats your boat. Pulse a few times, depending on how chunky you want it and their ya go! Guilt free salsa! Eat the whole damn container if you want, it has NO FAT AND NO SUGAR. you're welcome!
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