Hummuna Hummuna Hummus!

I was so excited about my breakfast cookie from this morning, that I couldn’t help but look forward to my food for the rest of day today too!  Which is a good thing because I got VERY hungry right before my normal lunch hour.  I soothed the wild screaming banshee stomach growls with the last of my spaghetti squash from Saturday:

Totally hit the spot because I may or may not have thrown in some extra garlic 🙂  I mean, I’m not breathing in anyone’s face so no harm no foul there!  It was great because the “noodles” were still kind of crunchy but had softened up a little over the weekend!  I then gave in to my sweet tooth by munching on this little guy:

I love Cuties…they’re so, well, cute!  The vibrant orange and tangy sweetness really helped pick me up since this morning was kind of dragging along.  I just love how food has the ability to help turn a not-so-awesome day into a much better day!

Finally, a couple hours later, I realized I was not only hungry, but needing to eat soon so I wouldn’t be too full for my walk.  Enter the Roasted Garlic + Red Pepper Hummus that I turned into a fabulous wrap!  Whole wheat tortilla, hummus, roasted asparagus, shredded carrots, and 3 slices of roasted deli chicken:

The hummus was SO GOOD, and I was digging the creaminess!  Made me feel like I was eating something bad for me, but it wasn’t.  No better feeling, eh?  Here’s the hummus recipe:

• 2 cans chickpeas
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/8 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 bulb of garlic, roasted (break apart the bulb, but leave the skins on the cloves. drizzle with olive oil, then cover in foil – make a pouch around them. start in a cold oven set to 300 and roast for 30 minutes. take out and let cool before handling with your fingers)
• 2 jarred roasted red peppers
• salt to taste

Throw it all in the food processor and process for 2-3 minutes until creamy.  Voila!

I ended my lunch with a “dessert” of a pink lady apple with ~1 Tbsp of peanut butter.  Again, I love peanut butter, adore it.  The perfect creamy compliment to just about any food 🙂

I hope y’all are enjoying the new blog so far!  Dinner tonight is going to be some sort of pork with sugar snap peas and carrots…YUM!