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Chickpea Purée with Prunes and Vegetable Sticks

A low calorie snack that works great for when you’re on-the-go, or just snacking at the TV. An interesting alternative too for finger food that will sure to impress your guests.

  • Prep Time: 20
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Method: import-018
  • Cuisine: R384

Ingredients

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For the purée:
1 jar of chickpeas, drained net weight 220 g
200 g Sunsweet prunes
250 g yoghurt (3.5% fat)
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp chopped parsley
Salt, pepper, a little lemon juice
For the vegetable sticks:
4 carrots
1 cucumber

Instructions

  1. Pour chickpeas into a sieve, rinse thoroughly with cold water and drain. Put into a high-sided container with prunes, yoghurt and maple syrup and blend until creamy. Stir in the parsley and add salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.
  2. Peel the carrots, cut cucumber into 3-4 pieces and then cut the vegetables in-to thick sticks, about 1 cm thick.

Notes

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