Add a little color to your dip tray.

Ingredients:

• cooking spray
• 1 lb beets, de-stemmed and washed (red or golden)
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled
• ¼ c tahini (sesame seed paste)
• ¼ c lemon juice
• 2 Tab sweet curry powder
• whole wheat pita chips
• crudités – carrots, celery, zucchini, asparagus, cucumber, etc

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Place unpeeled beets and garlic on a large sheet of foil on a baking sheet.
3. Spray generously with cooking spray & fold foil to make an airtight packet.
4. Place in oven and bake for 45 minutes or until beets are fork tender.
5. Set aside to cool, then peel the beets.
6. Place beets, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, and curry powder in a food processor and blend until smooth.
7. Place in serving bowl.
8. Prepare vegetables for serving.
9. Serve hummus at room temperature or chilled with crudités and pita.

Serves: Makes 4 cups, 16 servings

Comments:  Check Trader Joe’s for pre-roasted beets.
If you don’t have tahini, mix 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds and 1 tablespoon olive oil and blend in a food processor.
Hummus can be made up to three days in advance. Can be frozen.

Source : MyFoodAdvisor –Recipes for Healthy Living