care to share?

msange727

... your favorite healthy hummus or summer salad recipes? i love hummus, but i'm not a fan of buying it pre-made. thanks!! :]

Ally55

I love hummus and would also love to know some great recipes. 

raynes

I made some last night!

http://mideastfood.about.com/od/appetizerssnacks/r/hummusbitahini.htm

I used two really big cloves of garlic, so it's an 11 on the garlic scale, and I had nowhere near enough lemon juice, so it's thicker and coarser than it could be, but it's darned tasty.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

For salad, I'm making this tonight and might add garbonzos as well:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mid-Summer-Italian-Bread-Salad/Detail.aspx

Shel79

I don't have a recipe, but just add everything I like until it tastes good! 

Start with chickpeas in a food processor.  I add olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, a little salt, basil, cilantro, and anything else that sounds good.  Just keep mixing it, adding more liquid if you need a different texture, more of different ingredients if you want a different taste.  FI and I love it, especially in the summer when I have basil and cilantro in the garden. :-)

COkristi

Homemade hummus is sooooo much better. This is how I make mine:

Warm up 2 cans garbanzos in a bowl in the microwave, one strained, one not.

Blend in food processor w/ 2 cloves minced garlic, 1/2 cup tahini, 2 T cumin, 2 T lemon juice. Stream in extra virgin olive oil until desired consistency.

You can add in other things for different flavors, such as roasted red peppers or crushed red peppers.

msange727

thanks girls! (and raynes, your accountability post got me thinking about the hummus!)