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Ingredients
- Ingredients: Makes 1½cups
- Roasted Bell Peppers - 12oz. jar or roast and seed 2 red bell peppers
- Cumin Seeds - 1tsp
- Coriander Seeds - 1tsp
- Dry Breadcrumbs - ⅓cup (white preferred, but I had wholewheat breadcrumbs on hand and they worked fine)
- Walnuts - ⅓cup, chopped
- Garlic - 3 cloves, minced
- Pomegranate molasses - 1tbsp
- Lemon juice - 1½tsp
- Aleppo Pepper flakes - ½tsp (or use a pinch of cayenne pepper)
- Olive Oil - 2tbsp
- Sea Salt - to taste
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 317g | |
| Calories 306 | |
| Calories from Fat 248 | 81% |
| Total Fat 28.07g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat 3.95g | 16% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 9mg | 0% |
| Potassium 512mg | 15% |
| Total Carbs 14.59g | 4% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.9g | 16% |
| Sugars 6.93g | 5% |
| Protein 2.73g | 4% |
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