Hummus Three Ways
Need a wonderful afternoon snack that is full of nutrients and sure to hold you over until dinner? Or something to add to your husbands lunch? Because we all know any ideas that anybody has for husbands lunch is always a good thing right!
These hummus recipes are full of lemon, garlic, olive oil and more. It's hard to go wrong with those ingredients.
BASIC HUMMUS
2 cups garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons water
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
juice of 1 lemon
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
pinch of pepper
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Add first eight ingredients to a high powered blender. (I use a vitamix) To toast the sesame seeds, add to a small skillet turned on medium high heat. Toast for a few minutes until nice and golden brown. They burn very easily so keep stirring the seeds as they are toasting. Blend until some what smooth using your plunger as you are blending. Slowly add in the olive oil and continue blending and plunging until it is a nice smooth consistency.
SUN-DRIED TOMATO HUMMUS
1 1/2 cup garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 tablespoon water
juice of 1/2 of lemon
3/4 teaspoon salt
pinch of pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
2 sun-dried tomato halves
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Add first seven ingredients to a high powered blender. (I use a vitamix) To toast the sesame seeds, add to a small skillet turned on medium high heat. Toast for a few minutes until nice and golden brown. They burn very easily so keep stirring the seeds as they are toasting. Blend until somewhat smooth using your plunger as you are blending. Slowly add in the olive oil and continue blending and plunging until it is a nice smooth consistency.
*I use the sun-dried tomatoes that aren't packaged in oil but those would work just fine too.
BASIL PESTO HUMMUS
1 1/2 cup garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 tablespoons water
juice of 1/2 lemon
3/4 teaspoon salt
pinch of pepper
1 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted
1 tablespoon basil pesto
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Add first seven ingredients to a high powered blender. (I use a vitamix) To toast the sesame seeds, add to a small skillet turned on high heat. Toast for a few minutes until nice and golden brown. They burn very easily so keep stirring the seeds as they are toasting. Blend until somewhat smooth using your plunger as you are blending. Slowly add in the olive oil and continue blending and plunging until it is a nice smooth consistency.
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Ooh just thought I'd check to see if you'd added any recipes! I can just taste all that yummy goodness seeping through those pictures.
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