Ingredients

• f1 (15-ounce) can chick peas, drained
• 1 clove garlic, cracked from skin
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 4 to 5 sprigs fresh thyme leaves, stripped from stems
• Coarse salt and pepper
• A few drops hot sauce, to taste
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil eyeball it
• 4 ribs celery from the heart cut into dipping sticks, 4 inches long
• 1/2 seedless cucumber, cut into sticks
• 1 red bell pepper, trimmed and cut into sticks
• 1/2 pint grape tomatoes
• 1 sack reduced fat gourmet chips (recommended: Terra brand Garlic and Onion Yukon Gold flavor potato chips (50 percent less fat than regular chips))

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