Monday, February 22, 2010

Tiff's DEEeeeeliccious Hummus Recipe

Actually, this is a pretty generic hummus recipe. Really easy to make -- and now you'll never have to buy over-processed-chocked-full-of-chemicals-sitting-in-a-plastic-container-for-god-knows-how-long hummus.

Ingredients: 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1/4 cup water, 6 Tablespoons of tahini (sesame paste), 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), 1 clove minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper, 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin, plus other seasoning** of your choice.

Materials: 2 bowls, food processor or blender, spoon or small rubber spatula

1) mix lemon juice + water in 1st bowl.
2) mix tahini + olive oil in the 2nd bowl.
3) drain the can of chickpeas and add to the food processor/blender. Add the garlic, salt & pepper and other seasonings** and blend for 15+ seconds until chopped. Scrape down with spoon or spatula and slowly add the lemon/water while blending. Scrape down and slowly add the oil/tahini mix and continue blending until the texture is smooth and creamy, scraping down bowl as needed.
4) Transfer into one of the bowls you started with or container, garnish with some pretty herbs and boom, hummus. Serve with pita bread/chips. or you could just shovel mouthfuls into your mouth -- whatever you like. I'm not going to judge how you eat hummus.

** I like adding a pinch of cayenne pepper for a kick. Also i've made hummus with fresh olives/sun dried tomatoes/artichoke hearts/avocado too. YUUMMM!

p.s. organic/local ingredients make the hummus taste extra delicious. It's been proven.

If you have all the ingredients -- it pretty much just takes 5 minutes to make.

Friend asked for this recipe, so I thought I'd post it here as well!

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