William came home for the weekend and since we both had a few minutes to hang out in the kitchen, well it was time for me to learn more about hummus. And it’s a good thing that I have spell check because I didn’t even know how to spell it correctly!
So first things first. I had guessed what I would need for the groceries for the hummus and after watching William making it quite a few times last summer, I was pretty confident that I was right. I had chick peas, lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, and a bunch of other spices if needed.
The recipe for this is pretty easy and it’s kind of one of those foods that you can just dump a little in and then taste.. then dump a little more in.
Hummus
1 can of chickpeas, drained and put into food processor
Add a drizzle of olive oil
2 – 3 Tbsp of lemon juice
Dash of salt
Dash of cumin (add more if you like cumin)
Dash of garlic salt and onion powder (I need to remember mints for work)
Then you process the daylights out of it. It’s going to be chunky and the longer you leave it in the food processor, I think the better it is supposed to be.
First things first – into the food processor the chickpeas go
Add more or less of the ingredients to your taste
Mix, Mix, and then Mix some more…
Finished product
So why am I making this? Well, it’s all natural stuff in it and normally on my sandwiches that I bring to work I either slather a whole lot of butter or I pour on some ranch dressing. Now don’t get me wrong – both of those things are pretty good on a sandwich 🙂 but just maybe not as good for you as hummus.
So my plan is to give it a try for a week and not to make commitments too fast. But I think a week is a good effort – don’t you?