Hummus with carrot and cucumber sticks. Five minutes of chopping.
- Ready in5 minutes
- Serves1
Ingredients
- 60 g hummus
- 100 g carrots
- 100 g cucumber
Method
- Cut the carrots and cucumber into sticks.
- Serve with the hummus.
What this plate gives you
The hummus is where the numbers are: 60 g is about 160 calories and 10 g of fat, most of it from the tahini and oil, and 5 g of protein. The carrot and cucumber add 7 g of fibre, a quarter of a 2,000-calorie day’s 28 g, for almost nothing. At 198 calories the snack is under 10 percent of that day. It is measured because hummus from the tub is easy to double.
Swaps
- Pepper strips for the cucumber: about the same numbers.
- Tzatziki for the hummus: about 100 calories fewer.
- Paprika and lemon on the hummus: no change to the numbers.
Keeping it
Cut sticks keep three days in a box of water in the fridge; hummus keeps to its date once opened, usually five days.
