Hummus is so easy to make at home, takes just minutes to blend, saves money, and can be customized based on what other flavors or spices you enjoy.
My basic hummus recipe follows, and from there I tweak it.
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Four-Ingredient Hummus (vegan, gluten-free)
Ingredients:
1 Can Garbanzo Beans (Drained about 80% of the way. You can make your own beans but I frankly don’t have the time or desire and for 99 cents, I use TJ’s organic garbanzos, happily)
3/4 of a Tsp of Salt (increase to taste, if desired)
Juice of half a lemon (1-2 Tbsp)
3-4 Tbsp olive oil (Note: Some people would drizzle it in at the end but I add it with everything else)
Directions:
Combine everything in the canister of a food process or blender and blend until desired texture is reached. Hummus will keep for up to 4 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Optional (add some, none, or a combo)
2 Tbsp Tahini (or 1/4 c sesame seeds)
1/4 c diced bell peppers (I added red to this recipe)
1/4 c diced zucchini (I added zukes to this recipe)
1/4 c cucumber
Garlic to taste
Onion to taste
Chipotle Seasoning to taste
Mrs. Dash Grill Seasonings or Seasoning Blends work amazingly well in homemade hummus. The right “flavors” are already pre-mixed and there’s no extra sodium. I would use 1 Tbsp of whatever Seaonsing Blend you choose. Mrs. Dash Chipotle Blend is really good and this is a case where I don’t sweat the non-organic status.
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The ingredients
…The Extra’s or the Optional’s (add some, none, or a combo)
2 Tbsp Tahini (or 1/4 c sesame seeds)
1/4 c diced bell peppers (I added red to this recipe)
1/4 c diced zucchini (I added zukes to this recipe)
1/4 c cucumber
Garlic to taste
Onion to taste
Chipotle Seasoning to taste
Mrs. Dash Grill Seasonings or Seasoning Blends work amazingly well in homemade hummus. The right “flavors” are already pre-mixed and there’s no extra sodium. I would use 1 Tbsp of whatever Seaonsing Blend you choose. Mrs. Dash Chipotle Blend is really good and this is a case where I don’t sweat the non-organic status.
For this hummus blend, I added 1/4 c of red pepper and 1/4 c of zukes
A quick blend later and I was in veggie-hummus heaven. You can see the colorful veggie flecks. I like a little color and texture to my hummus for sure.
I put it in a container for the fridgey. And a bonus is that I put the price tag of the large container this recipe makes at about $1.25
99 cents for the organic garbanzo’s from TJ’s and the 1/2 of lemon at 25 cents. So there ya have it…a money saver for all you hummus heads, too!
And you know what this hummus is really good on? Those Raw Vegan Kale Chips I make!
Yummm.
Do you like hummus or make your own?
OMGOSH Averie thoes brownies have me craving chocolate right now soooooo badly.
Hi-I just found your blog and I'm really enjoying it-especially the gluten free recipes :)
Ok, so what language(s) would I like to know fluently?
Most definitely Hebrew and Japanese.
Man, when you said Monster Post, you weren't kidding! There's so much goodness on this post I don't even know where to begin… but of course the chocolalte mousse sticks out to me ;). And oh yeah, that carb-y banana bread. But the muffins too… and the kale… Oh I could go on and on.
P.S. Your email was right-on! I'll email ya back later today, missie.
Love ya so much!
I always like the roundups. It's wonderful to see all that food in one place. Today, I have some photos of raw soups from past posts on my blog.
I can't believe my weekend is still going strong. No rest here. We even got lost in a corn maze Friday night. I left Hayden with my mom, so I could take Jacob. It was in the dark, so there was no point in bringing in a surrender flag if we needed help. No one would be able to see it. We actually got so lost that we cheated and made our own diagonal path to get out.
Sounds like a run of the mill Saturday for me too. Run run run run til you drop.
Was the block party fun? Or lame? Those things can go either way, I find it really depends on how many people you know there.
I enter giveaways if it's something I truly want and will use!
You've given me ideas for new posts on HBH – I have to believe you aren't the only one struggling with WP! I think a tutorial or Intro to WP post just might be in order!
Every recipe in this post is on my to-make list! It all looks so scrumptious!
I only know a bit of Japanese that I picked up from watching tv. I'd like to become fluent, but I can never get myself to put in the time to learn.
I never thought about it before, but when bloggers host giveaways, probably only other people with blogs are meant to enter it. I have tried anyway, because a lot of the time it's things that I could never afford to buy myself and want to try.
I read blogs like your's because I'm trying to recover from an ED and learn how to face food normally, so I guess wanting to win food so I can eat it is a good sign.
i love that you do these highlight posts because sometimes i have weeks like this past one where i just can't keep up with everyone! a few things:
-those muffins look epic!! i need to make them.
-i love love love dehydrated tomatoes. my sister makes them in my mom's dehydrator and i think i need to steal it from her. magic box needs to be mine!
-saturday night for me! night owl. hoo hoo.
-i dont always enter giveaways.. especially not lately because i am moving
-speaking of, i realized i never replied to your email because i suck. ugh. sorry. and nooo zevia yet!
LOVE to you averie!!
Must. get. a dehydrator. asap.! Those kale chips look delicious.
I do love learning new languages! I took 9 years of French (compulsory, given I grew up right next door, but I loved it anyway) and I'm going back to school for it again too, to get the fluency going on…
The yoga pic today made me immediately want to get in to that pose. You make it look so easy ;)
Enjoy your day of rest! Mine started off an hour early, because I forgot our clocks were changing (oops!) but I have nearly finished going through my reader already and it's only 07:17!
What an awesome recipe week it has been on your blog! Thanks for the awesome array of recipes!~
Love your roundups :) Enjoy your day of rest!
I took French for 6 years and I could be pretty good again if I brushed up on it. I took 6 semesters of Italian and with practice I'm almost fluent in that. And I have 1 semester of German, just for fun :P I'd love to learn more Spanish though!
I love giveaways! And I took 3 semesters of Italian in college, but never got to go to Italy, alas, my knowledge is very rudimentary these days. I'd also like to speak Spanish better, it would be kind to be able to communicate efficiently with all of the Spanish speakers here in So Cal.
In an ironic twist of fate, I picked up two bunches of kale tonight at WF's. I made a massaged kale salad which was bitter and I'm going to have to try it again to see if it's a go for me or not. But the extra bunch of kale I got to make kale chips, which I've never had either. Am going to try and make tomorrow!
And now I'm off to bed. Happy Sunday, Averie!
Ohhh, as for giveaways: if its something I really really want I'll do all that is requested of the blogger, but sometimes I'm lazy.. and in those cases, I'll usually just comment. Love em though!
The bikram class wasn't my fave either, but it still went pretty well. Probably not something I'd do everyday. Thanks for your feedback though, always appreciated coming from a yogi teacher! :)
And yes I baked my kale chips at 225 I think, but then upped the temp, because I was getting impatient. I'd probably just die with a dehydrator.
Yayyy for banana desserts. Love them all. And as for your raw chocolate chip cookie dough? I. Cannot. Wait.
"Like stickers stuck to your new dishes!"
That one made me smile :)
I took about 6 years of Spanish and 2 years of…wait for it….Latin!
What a tricky language (conjugating nouns?!) but like you said, it is the root of so many other languages.
Enjoy your Sunday!
I also love showing my support to other bloggers in particpating in their giveways :D
Again. I love your recipes :)
Kale chips are the bomb