Love Your Lima Beans Dip
Lima beans give this hummus-like dip a slightly sweet flavor.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 1/4 cup)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 95
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 3.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 4.7g
- Carbohydrate: 13g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 1.4mg
- Sodium: 195mg
- Calcium: 21mg
Ingredients
- 1 pound frozen baby lima beans
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove
Preparation
- 1. Cook beans in boiling water 10 minutes or until very tender. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
- 2. Place sesame seeds in a blender; process until finely ground. Add juice and remaining ingredients; process until blended. Add beans and 1/2 cup reserved liquid; process until almost smooth, scraping sides of blender occasionally.
- for your toddler: Serve the dip with tender raw vegetables like pea pods and cucumber halves or slightly steamed carrot sticks and broccoli florets.
Love Your Lima Beans Dip Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Appetizers, Dips/Spreads
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: Italian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Beans
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Blender
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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