This quick and easy hummus recipe makes enough for 4 to 6 people as a tasty lunchtime snack served with carrots, celery and pitta bread. It also keeps for about 4 days in the fridge in a sealed container.

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Homemade Hummus is nutritious and delicious and can make the perfect lunchbox treat for your little ones or an after school snack to keep them going until dinner time.

Ingredients

• 2 tins of chickpeas
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 dessert spoons Tahini paste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Method

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix using a hand blender. If the mixture needs thinning use a little water.

Serve with pitta bread, carrot and celery sticks or why not make homemade breadsticks.

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