Recently Recipe for Success volunteer and Raising Texas blogger, Becky, channeled her inner hippie for some awesome homemade granola (something we do often with students in our Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ kiddos and RecipeHouse campers, to much applause). You can read all about Becky's experience and get her recipe here. But she didn't stop at granola, so we decided to share her second hippie epiphany of the day: that hummus is SUPER easy to make in your very own kitchen. (It makes a rockin' pick-me-up snack, too. But you already knew that.)
Later in the day after granola was finished, my inner hippie wasn't done. (She had a big day.) I made my own hummus, which was so easy, I was able to make a last minute decision to do it. There are tons of different versions and ways, this is what I did:
Lemon-Garlic Hummus
Ingredients
2 cup canned chickpeas (also called Garbanzo Beans) drained and rinsed
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice (I had two really juicy lemons and used them up.)
1 1/2 tablespoons tahini (found usually in the Asian food section of your store. It's sesame seed paste.)
3 cloves garlic
Directions
Put it all in a food processor (I did mine in the medium-sized Ninja Pro canister) like so:
Then you pulse it, and this happens:
BOOM! HUMMUS! And it was SO GOOD. I'm never buying hummus again.
I have lots of Facebook friends who make their own lotion. Hummus, granola & chicken stock are just child's play. You can totally do this. Or you can still buy it all at the store. No judgement here. But this tastes so much better. Just saying.
Peace, Love & Granola,
RT
Read more from Becky at RaisingTexasBlog.com.
