Healthy Homemade Hummus
Healthy Homemade Hummus is a luscious and creamy dip made of garbanzo beans, flavored with garlic, lemon and tahini. It is delicious on its own or served with crackers, flatbread or pita.
Equipment
- Food Processor or Blender
Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can Garbanzo beans drained
- 6 Tbsp tahini
- 1 large lemon, juiced
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 ice cubes
Garnish
- 1 tsp chopped parsley
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- dash cayenne or paprika sprinkled
- dash cumin sprinkled
Instructions
- To the food processor, add drained garbanzo beans, peeled garlic, salt, tahini, olive oil
- Squeeze the juice from 1 lemon into the food processor and run for about 5 minutes. The hummus will start to warm up as it processes.
- As the hummus is processing, add the ice cubes 1 at a time to cool the hummus. This will also thin the hummus slightly as it cools it.
- Open processor to taste the hummus and adjust the flavors of lemon, garlic or salt. If it needs more of any one of these, adjust to your personal taste.
- Chill for at least 30 minutes before eating, but 3 hours would be better to allow the garlic and olive oil flavors to meld into the hummus.
- To serve, place hummus in a bowl or shallow dish and make small divots in the hummus with the back of a spoon. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus and sprinkle with cumin, paprika or cayenne and then fresh herbs.
- To eat, serve with crackers, pieces of flatbread or pita. Enjoy!