Protein Packed Homemade Hummus! (Red Lentils)

Hummus is one of life’s great pleasures. It’s creamy, tasty, healthy and makes sticks of vegetables even more delicious! We’ve made loads of hummus before but never with lentils. We thought we’d try making hummus with lentils and we’re glad we did because it was absolutely lush! Have you got any quirky hummus recipes? If so, give us the general jist in the comment community below! Now the important part: Ingredients: Hummus: 1 cup dried red lentils (200g) 2 garlic cloves 3 tbsp tahini 1 tsp smoked paprika 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 lemon Salt and pepper to taste First, prepare the lentils | Cook the lentils according to packet instructions | When the lentils are tender, strain them through a sieve and leave them to cool to room temperature Now, prepare the hummus | Peel and roughly chop the garlic | Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into a blender, catching any pips in your free hand | Add the garlic, tahini, paprika, olive oil and lentils to a blender and blitz into a paste | Taste the hummus, season to taste with salt and pepper and blitz to combine. Also, our brand new book, HOW TO LIVE VEGAN comes out October 3rd in the UK! Pre-orders are up both on Amazon & Signed editions on Waterstones! 💚LIKE & COMMENT YOUR FRIENDS TO SPREAD THE VEGAN LOVE All the love, Henry & Ian x #vegan #bosh #veganmainstream -------- ⬇ SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL ⬇ ★ SIGN UP TO RECEIVE FIVE BITS OF FOODY FUN EVERY FRIDAY: http://www.bosh.tv then go to SIGN ME UP ★ CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: http://bosh.tv ★ SUPPORT OUR WORK ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/boshtv FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ★ TWITTER: http://twitter.com/boshtv ★ FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/bosh.tv ★ YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/c/boshtv ★ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/bosh.tv ★ SNAPCHAT: http://snapchat.com/add/boshtv ★ HELP TRANSLATE OUR VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/BOSHtranslate