Free Recipes For Me

If you want to throw together a quick snack, try making your own hummus dip. It really couldn’t be easier. All the ingredients store well, so I always have enough at home to whip up a batch of hummus if we come home from an afternoon of playing in the park and need a quick snack. Of course it’s also “fancy” enough that you can serve it as a snack or appetizer when you are entertaining (or when friends stop in unannounced). Give it a try - it’s fast and easy, tastes yummy and is actually good for you.

Hummus With Garlic

Ingredients

Four cans of chickpeas
The juice of two lemons
One bunch of parsley
7-10 cloves of garlic
Sesame tahini
Garlic flavored oil (or olive oil)
One large onion
One red pepper
One green pepper
One large carrot
Sea salt
Spices

Instructions

1) Drain and rinse the chickpeas, setting aside.

2) Peel the garlic (chopping it up a little bit) before placing in a food processor.

3) Chop some of the stems off of the parsley before adding to the food processor.

4) Add the lemon juice and blend.

5) Add about ½ of the chickpeas, 2 to 3 tablespoons of tahini, and 2 tablespoons of oil. Blend.

6) Add the remaining chickpeas and blend, using more oil if needed. At this time, the mixture should become creamy, but still appear fairly thick.

7) Season the hummus (to taste) using spices of your choice, such as salt, pepper, cumin, basil, onion powder, garlic powder, coriander, paprika, oregano, cayenne pepper, and thyme.