June 20, 2013

Recipe of the Week: Mediterranean Sandwiches

Try making your own hummus for these delicious mediterranean sandwiches. Select fresh herbs and tomatoes from your garden or your local farmer's market for the freshest taste.

Ingredients:

Hummus:
2 (15 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained 1⁄2 cup roasted tahini paste
1⁄4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon zest, minced
2 cloves garlic
1⁄4 cup packed flat leaf parsley
1⁄4 cup chopped green onions
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground black pepper

Sandwich:
12 oz. Hummus (3 T per sandwich)
8 slices whole wheat bread
24 slices cucumber (4 per sandwich)
1⁄2 C chopped red onion
2 C spinach leaf
16 slices tomato
8 Kalamata olives (2 per sandwich, chopped)

Directions:

  1. Place garbanzo beans, tahini paste, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, parsley, and green onion in the bowl of a food processor.

  2. Blend until smooth, adding water if the mixture is too thick.

  3. On slices of whole wheat bread, layer in following order: On each slice of bread spread 3 tablespoons hummus, sprinkle evenly the chopped onion and chopped olives.

  4. Next add 4 slices of cucumber to each piece of bread. Evenly on each piece of bread, divide and stack spinach leaves and finally add 2 slices of tomato to each. 

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