Quick and Healthy
I love hummus! It’s great as a side dish, great for breakfast, great for a snack, and makes a great vegetable dip too. My kids love it, and don’t even realize just how good it is for them. Traditionally it’s eaten with pita bread, either toasted or not. My kids like to eat it with tortillas as well as pita bread if we’re out. Hummus is also great for dipping veggies, especially carrot sticks. Here’s what you’ll need to whip up your own delicious batch. I usually triple the amounts of each ingredient to make a larger quantity for my family of five.
Ingredients:
- 1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas)
- 1/4 cup reserved liquid from drained garbanzo beans (chick peas)
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice (fresh is best, but bottled will do)
- 1/4 tsp. each salt & pepper or to taste (optional)
- olive oil (optional)
- food processor
Drain garbanzo beans (chick peas) and reserve 1/4 cup liquid. Place garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, salt, and pepper into food processor and blend until smooth, adding the reserved liquid until desired consistency. Personally I will add more lemon juice to taste, and will also occasionally drizzle a small amount of extra virgin olive oil into the mixture as well. Serve with pita bread, pita chips, or as a dip for vegetables. My favorite way to serve hummus is with a small amount of olive oil drizzled over the top and eaten with plain, untoasted pita bread. We’ve even tried using it as a dip for tortilla chips, which was actually quite good as well. Enjoy, and happy cooking!
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Michelle
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Hummus is one of my favorite foods! I like the idea of using a tortillas instead of pita bread and am going to try it next time. I add roasted pine nuts to my hummus – have you ever tried that? Thanks for sharing this recipe!
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That sounds really good! I love pine nuts, but have never put them into my hummus before. I’ll have to give that a try sometime.
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