Source: dLife

A garbanzo bean-filled phyllo pie full of flavorful and warm scented herbs.

Servings

1 butter flavored cooking spray
1 cup fresh chopped onion
0.67 cup chopped red bell peppers
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp fresh ginger root , minced
0.25 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne)
1.5 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
15 oz canned garbanzo beans , rinsed, drained
1 pinch salt
1 pinch black pepper
10 phyllo pastry dough sheet , thawed
3 tbsp whole almonds , chopped, toasted
1 pinch powdered sugar

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2 Heat a cooking spray coated frying pan over medium heat. Cook onion, bell pepper, garlic, ginger root, and crushed red pepper 5 to 8 minutes or until onion is translucent. Mix in cumin, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Take pan off of heat and stir in garbanzo beans, smashing coarsely. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3 Coat a pizza pan or baking sheet with cooking spray. Fold 1 sheet phyllo in half crosswise and arrange on pan; coat with cooking spray. Continue on, using 4 more sheets of phyllo. Spread bean mixture in middle of phyllo and top with almonds. Lay the rest of the phyllo on top in the same manner as above. Fold ends under to form a pie. Coat top with cooking spray.
4 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm or at room temperature. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar.

Add some vegetables such as squash or zucchini to add some bulk. PLEASE NOTE: This recipe contains canned beans. The nutrition facts given will be slightly inaccurate, because the analysis includes the salted water in which the beans are canned. When you drain and rinse these beans, you reduce the sodium content by about 40 percent.