Hummus

We really didn't know what we were missing–eating only store-bought hummus all our lives. Now we do. Homemade hummus is seriously better than anything you can get at the grocery store. And it's way cheaper too.

This recipe makes a generous-sized batch. Freeze what you don't eat (as if) and bring it out another day.

Here's what you need and how you do it

1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas) + 1/4 cup water from the can

1/8 cup Tahini (sesame paste) (usually sold in the peanut butter section of your local market)

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 garlic cloves (we used fresh for this recipe)

Juice from half a lemon

Combine all ingredients in food processor or blender (you can also probably mash this by hand if you have strong wrists). Whir until the garbanzos are mostly chopped. We like our hummus a little chunky, so we don't blend it all the way.

Serve with warm pita bread.

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Comments

[Michele]

This looks yummy.

It is my all time favorite food. Warm pita, hummus and olive tapanade. Got to go eat now.

[Kaytie]

Oh, I wish I'd seen this recipe before I made hummus Saturday night. I royally screwed it up. I had a bit of a head cold and kept adding more and more garlic--I am embarrassed to admit that I think the final product had about 3x the amount in yours. It was not good. I think I still stink.

My husband got The Bread Bible for Christmas and he tried out the homemade pita bread recipe yesterday; this hummus would be so perfect to go with fresh pitas. If you like baking, I'll send you the recipe.

[T]

This hummus kicks the Costco hummus's butt!

[Brenda]

I once discovered that I had no tahini and made it with peanut butter -- sounds bizarre, but was incredibly tasty. Not Hummus but tasty none-the-less! Kind of similar to thai peanut sauce used for noodles, but instead a great dip for carrots and the like.

[Jody]

Toss in some red pepper. Oh Dam Yum Yum!

[Nadine]

This is essentially the one I make, however I use the juice from a whole lemon plus zest, and about 1 tbsp cumin, 1/2 tsp paprika for some extra flavour.