Hello there.
We finally picked up a few groceries and what is the first thing I do?
Make homemade hummus!
As you may know, hummus is a food group for me. Other foods are just ways to get more hummus into my belly.
I present to you the Hummus Crackwich.
I felt bad for all those baby chicks I was eating…
Hardy-har-har. Lame joke, I know.
It has been wayyyyy too long since I made hummus. After tasting this, I wanted to kick myself for getting out of the habit.
Sweet + Sour Homemade Hummus
Ingredients:
- 1 large can (540 ml/2 cups) organic chickpeas
- Approx 1 tsp Apple Cider vinegar (regular vinegar also works)
- 1-1.5 tsp Mr. Spice Sweet and Sour Sauce (the secret ingredient revealed!)
- 1.5 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced or chopped fine
- Pinch of sea salt (to taste)
- A bit of water to thin out, if you think it is necessary
Directions: Drain and rinse chickpeas. Add all ingredients into the food processor and process until smooth scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add a bit of water if you want to thin it out more.
[I spy Eric in the background!]
I love Mr. Spice. The products are salt free, but they taste incredible! I don’t know how he does it. :happy: I think I picked up this bottle in the organic/natural food section in Loblaws.
The hummus was deelish! You could make this recipe without the S+S sauce or perhaps put another kind of sauce into the mix! I was wondering what a BBQ hummus might taste like? Perhaps using roasted chickpeas? Might be worth trying next time…
Did you know there is such a thing as DESSERT hummus!? I must try to make this. What flavour should I attempt? Do you think it would taste good?
New food creations make me all warm inside. :blush:
oooh I would never have thought to add in the apple cider vinegar or sweet and sour sauce – but what a GREAT idea!!!!
I’ve been looking for a good hummus recipe. I think I’ll try this tonight. Thanks!
On a completely different note, your photographs are wonderful! What type of camera/lens do you use? It’s hard photographing food and making it look appetizing, but you make it look so easy. Good job!
I went to a gourmet food show and tried two amazing hummus flavours – chocolate and curry! sounds weird but sooooo good.
I love it! I always make spicy cajun hummus at home :)
I love hummus! I’m super lazy and I just buy it from the store, but yours looks incredible with its secret ingredient.
Very interesting about the dessert hummus! I would have never thought of that. Your recipe looks delish. Have a great night!
I have never heard of such a thing as a dessert hummus. Sounds interesting!
I love just a good garlic hummus.
Just in case you were wondering, this post made me race to the kitchen, tear open a new tub of hummus, and stick a Food Should Taste Good chip right into it. I much prefer the homemade kind myself. I’ve been thinking about experimenting with a dessert-y hummus and one of the ideas I’ve had is to use coconut oil in place of olive oil, but I’m still thinking about what kind of flavor profile I want to go for. What about Mexican Hot Chocolate hummus? Oooooohhhhhhhh….
hummus rocks!
Dessert hummus!? thats ballin’
sweet and sour hummus sounds downright AMAZING… i wish loblaws was closer to my house!!
I would have never thought of Sweet and Sour hummus… so creative! I made a Cinnamon PB Hummus on my blog a few months back… but I haven’t made any hummus at all in what now feels like forever. Will need to remedy that soon!
Scratch that, I just made one that is SO MUCH better (in both texture and taste) than my first attempt at dessert hummus… Maple Peanut Dessert Hummus! Yummmm
Your “lame joke” reminds me of when I was little eating at Long John Silvers. They had these breaded balls called hushpuppies (basically bread balls, deep fried). I loved them. One day, I turned to my mom and said, “Mom, these are so good, but isn’t it sad that they’re made of puppies?” he he…
Also, hummus is a food group for me, as well. Specifically red pepper hummus.
Oh my gosh! Dessert hummus!? What a great idea!
Maybe Maple Syrup? Or cinnamon and dried fruit… perhaps apricot?
Good luck!
Hi,
Just wondering since I’ve never made hummus myself and plan to do so soon.
Aren’t the chickpeas supposed to be cooked? At least that’s what all the recipes I googled for last week told me. Also did you intentionally leave out tahini. I thought it was one of the ‘must’ ingredients. In fact, that’s what kept me from making hummus all along – I couldn’t find tahini in stores near me until now.
Love your recipes!
Have a good day.
Sasha
If the chickpeas are from a can, they are already cooked.
When I discovered Hummus, I was in love for life. I eat almost daily. Yummy to my tastebuds and my tummy!!! I just had hummus w/kashi multi grain crackers for dinner with green olives….quite good and easy to carry on a road trip.
Hmmmm…dessert hummus, I’m thinking organic dark chocolate something. :)
You seem to be missing the most crucial ingredient – tahini!!! It makes hummus so much richer and creamier.
I make hummus weekly. It is definitely a food group for me.
How fun! Would LOVE to make my own hummus!
I often add a squeeze of fresh lemon to mine, as well as the tahini.
Love hummus so much! I usually cook up a huge batch of chickpeas, freeze most of them, and make small batches of hummus as needed.
I think you’d like this broccoli hummus recipe: http://inpraiseofleftovers.com/2010/05/19/broccoli-hummus/
I hear you on the hummus! I just made some a couple of days ago, and it is already gone! I need to make some more!