I used to think that hummus looked like flavorless baby food. Whenever it was offered to me, I would turn my nose up at the tan mush. One day, a coworker brought in homemade hummus with warm pita bread. That is when my love of hummus began.
I really enjoy the Sabra brand of hummus. Their original is tasty but my favorite is the roasted red pepper flavor. I have also tried the Publix brand hummus, which is very good.
How do I eat my hummus? I love to eat it with slices of cucumber instead of chips or pita. I love to spread it on my tortilla, add fresh spinach, some cooked chicken or turkey, and some feta cheese. Roll it all up and delicious wrap.
One Halloween, I decided to make pumpkin hummus from scratch to bring to a party. I also took a ghost shaped cookie cutter and cut out shapes from tortillas and baked them. Very tasty. Here is the pumpkin hummus recipe.
Pumpkin Hummus
2 Tbsp tahini (if you can't find tahini, use creamy peanut butter)
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground pepper
1 - 15 oz can pumpkin
1 can garbanzo beans
1 garlic clove chopped
Put all ingredients into a food processor and process until smooth.
Recently my husband saw that Bush's Beans had put out a line of Hummus Made Easy. He bought some for me and tonight I tried it. I have to say that it was very good. I made the Classic flavor with reduced sodium garbanzo beans. It was so good that I'm planning to go out and get a bunch of mix and beans to keep on hand in case of spontaneous party.
If you think you don't like hummus, give it another try. I'm glad I did.
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