PB & Hummus Pasta ... different, filling, and delicious.

spinachdiva

I'll have to admit, when I was putting together this recipe for lunch today even I was skeptical. But no worries...it's quite good! And very quick.

Ingredients:
2 oz whole wheat pasta
2 tbsp pasta cooking water
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp hummus
salt, pepper, spices & lemon juice to taste

Nuke the pasta in the microwave, but before you drain it save about 2 tbsp of the cooking water---the starches in the water help make the sauce come together. Combine the 2 tbsp of cooking water, peanut butter and hummus together until they're well mixed. I like crunchy peanut butter for the extra texture, but any kind works! Then, add salt, pepper, spices...garlic powder, chili flakes, and even Old Bay would be tasty here. Mix in the pasta and you have yourself a very quick little lunch or dinner. Enjoy!

Using reduced fat pb would reduce the calories/fat even more. You can adjust how much pb you put in too...maybe put in 1-2 tsp instead of a whole tbsp if the fat count is a little high. I like thawing some frozen green beans and throwing that in there too--makes it bigger with very few calories. Any kind of hummus is good in this.

This comes in at about 313 calories, 9g fat, 13g protein and 10g fiber.

kmorris246

Bump!

Anything with Peanut Butter in it can't be a bad thing :-)