This is my family’s tried and true traditional hummus recipe. No frills or fancy flavors, letting the versatile chick pea shine with the flavors of garlic, lemon and the sesame goodness of tahini.
Mix the following in a food processor or blender:
1 can drained garbanzo beans (ok if a tiny bit of liquid is left)
1/3 cup tahini
3 cloves garlic
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp olive oil (optional) and/or drizzle olive oil at the end
Salt, to taste
Blend until smooth (3-4 minutes in food processor, and maybe less in the blender, depending on the power of your blending apparatus).
Hummus will thicken up a little after being stored in the fridge (it tends to be a little looser when it’s warm from blending).
If you taste it and it is too salty, or too thick, you may add a splash of water to correct this.
Pair this with SO many possible partners in snacking!
For a 100 calorie snack:
About 1 oz Hummus + handful each of carrots, celery, and pickles
For a 200 calorie snack: All of the above + 3 olives + 1 soft boiled egg or 1/2 a loaf of pita bread
For a 300 calorie snack or meal (depending on your daily calorie intake and goals): Hummus, carrots, celery, pickles, 6 olives, 1 soft boiled egg and 1/2 a loaf of pita bread – yes that’s all 300 calories! (Technically 296)…
You can find pita anywhere from Trader Joe’s to Sprouts to Walmart or Kroger, check in the regular bread aisle or in the bakery section.
Some other things you can pair with hummus are pita chips, crackers, radishes, and cucumber…
Please share your favorite hummus combo with me, and let me know if you do try my family’s recipe! I may be biased, but this is the simplest and best tasting way I have had hummus!
Make this for your friends and they’ll think you’re the coolest chick pea on the block! 😎
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