[corazonas]

Originally Posted by lumifan4ever

I actually posted this in another area but maybe i should have posted my question here since it's kind of a calorie question...but also a fat grams type question...

Question about Hummus....

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Okay...so last night i'm at walmart with the bf picking up some foods for his lunch this week...and it is taking a loooooonnnngggg time...so i'm getting hungry. And he's getting all these deli meats...so i start looking around and find some Hummus. It's Roasted Red Pepper Hummas with pretzel chips. I don't look at the calories or anything because i remember everyone on here talking about having hummus for breakfast and snacks and stuff and i figure i'm going to splurge on myself and buy this single serving container. Well...i get out to the car and proceed to break it open and i look at the calories and such. One container (3.5 ounces) has 230 cal. (180 cals. from fat) 21 grams of fat, and only 4 grams protein. WTH???? Well...i'm eating it because i spent almost $2 on it and i'm hungry. And it was good...but i'm just curious... when ya'll eat this...do you eat this much of a serving or do you eat less?? I'm sure some of the calories came from the pretzel chips...but still.. seems like a lot of fat.

I have actually seen the exact thing you are talking about at WM! I like to eat hummus and I was in your same situation about a week ago but did NOT buy it! (i'm sure you would have left it too had you looked at the nutrition efore you bought it) Anyway, I went to my fridge and pulled out what I normally eat so I can tell you exactly...

I buy Athenos Red Pepper Hummus and Snyder's pretzels sticks. I eat:

Hummus: 2Tbs- 50 cals and only 3g of fat
Pretzels: about 14 sticks (1/2 a serving) 55 cals and 1g of fat
plus i slice half a red pepper to dip- fat free and i think like 15 cals?

So for the whole snack it's about 120 cals and 4g of fat. So that prepackaged thing at WM is CRAZY! I'm sure it's the pretzel chips that provide all the fat and there is definitely more than 1 serving of hummus in there.

Next time youre in the deli I would suggest grabbing a string cheese and an apple from produce right there. Then eat your hummus at home. Sorry for kind of rambling! Hope this helps...

[PiXiEgAL]

Originally Posted by corazonas

I have actually seen the exact thing you are talking about at WM! I like to eat hummus and I was in your same situation about a week ago but did NOT buy it! (i'm sure you would have left it too had you looked at the nutrition efore you bought it) Anyway, I went to my fridge and pulled out what I normally eat so I can tell you exactly...

I buy Athenos Red Pepper Hummus and Snyder's pretzels sticks. I eat:

Hummus: 2Tbs- 50 cals and only 3g of fat
Pretzels: about 14 sticks (1/2 a serving) 55 cals and 1g of fat
plus i slice half a red pepper to dip- fat free and i think like 15 cals?

So for the whole snack it's about 120 cals and 4g of fat. So that prepackaged thing at WM is CRAZY! I'm sure it's the pretzel chips that provide all the fat and there is definitely more than 1 serving of hummus in there.

Next time youre in the deli I would suggest grabbing a string cheese and an apple from produce right there. Then eat your hummus at home. Sorry for kind of rambling! Hope this helps...

I didn't see that prepackaged snack thingy at walmart but I love that red pepper humms of athenos! xD Im eating the Artichoke and Garlic kind today and i only eat it with baby carrots or blue corn tortilla chips

[MISFIT]

Hummus is ground chick peas, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini (sesame seed), etc. Sometimes garlic, pepper or other flavoring is added.. It basically tastes like all of the ingredients it's made from. :]

You should definately try it. My favorite is "Luscious Lemon" by the La Sabra brand. Athenos is okay.

I've even made my own once and it came out delicious. You could always look up recipes for it, too.

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Hummus Is....soooo Good!