Let's jump right in, shall we?
I really enjoy hummus. It's great on pita bread, tortilla chips, baguette slices, it's great spread onto a sandwich or a wrap, it's ready to go right from the fridge, and it never tears your bread when you spread it like peanut butter from the fridge does. It also, conveniently, is packed with healthy fats, good (non-refined) carbs, and protein, and it can handle being in my son Drew's lunch box all morning at preschool without spoiling. Yeah, it's basically excellent.
What's not so excellent is the fact that a small tub of it in the store costs a minimum of $2.50 or $3, when it costs no more than maybe $1.50 worth of ingredients. I'm not so into that. So I make my own. Wanna see?
I really enjoy hummus. It's great on pita bread, tortilla chips, baguette slices, it's great spread onto a sandwich or a wrap, it's ready to go right from the fridge, and it never tears your bread when you spread it like peanut butter from the fridge does. It also, conveniently, is packed with healthy fats, good (non-refined) carbs, and protein, and it can handle being in my son Drew's lunch box all morning at preschool without spoiling. Yeah, it's basically excellent.
What's not so excellent is the fact that a small tub of it in the store costs a minimum of $2.50 or $3, when it costs no more than maybe $1.50 worth of ingredients. I'm not so into that. So I make my own. Wanna see?
This is some of the reserved garbanzo bean liquid being poured in.
What you'll need:
- a food processor or blender
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 cans low sodium garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained with liquid reserved
- 3 Tbs tahini (sesame paste)
- 4 Tbs fresh lemon juice, or to taste
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 Tbs EV olive oil
- a pinch of sumac powder or paprika (optional)
Chop the garlic finely in your food processor. Add beans, tahini, lemon, salt and pepper, and begin to puree. While machine is running, add olive oil, and continue adding liquid from beans until you have a consistency you like. Taste and adjust seasonings (add more salt or pepper) if necessary. I like the color contrast that sumac adds, so after I pour the hummus into a bowl I sprinkle some sumac powder on top.
All the ingredients combined cost under $2, even though this easily makes double what you'd get in a tub at the store. And I can control the amount of spices and sodium and fat so I know exactly what I'm putting in my body and the bodies of those I love. Not too shabby for 5 minutes worth of work.
All the ingredients combined cost under $2, even though this easily makes double what you'd get in a tub at the store. And I can control the amount of spices and sodium and fat so I know exactly what I'm putting in my body and the bodies of those I love. Not too shabby for 5 minutes worth of work.
