Your New Healthy Holiday Party Hack -- Roasted Root Vegetable Hummus Platter

Ingredients

• 1 cup roasted butternut squash, sweet potato, pumpkin or other root vegetable
• 1 15 oz. can cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained (I prefer this brand )
• juice of half a large lemon
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp sea salt
• black pepper to taste
• Seasonal sliced fruit or dried fruit (for winter try apples, pomegranate, oranges, figs and prunes, grapes)
• A mixture of raw and roasted seasonal veggies (for winter try carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, brussels sprouts, endive, cauliflower, parsnips or potatoes)
• Nuts such as marcona almonds, walnuts, pecans or even a nut cheese
• Gluten-free or whole-grain and nut and seed crackers such as Mary’s Gone Crackers
• Other sauces and dips such as this pumpkin-seed pesto or this cashew nacho cheese