Quick and Easy Roasted Garlic Hummus Recipe

If beets aren’t your thing, try this easy and quick recipe for my Roasted Garlic Hummus. It only uses a few ingredients and is just as good if not better than store bought. Plus, if you take my advice and have roasted garlic chilling in your fridge, this really only takes as long as getting all of the ingredients into the blender or food processer and pressing the start button. Serve this with so called “pita” bread (the proper name is Syrian bread!) or some veggie crudités. It’s the perfect recipe for a snack or appetizer.

Tools:

You will need a food processer or a blender to process the chick peas. Also, did you know that the Arabic word for chick peas is “hims” pronounced “hummos”?

Ingredients:

1 can of chickpeas

2 cloves of roasted garlic

2 tablespoons of tahina

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 teaspoon of pepper

Drizzle of olive oil to make it pretty.

Instructions:

1. Drain the chickpeas but reserve the liquid. You will need about 1/2 of the liquid from the can for the proper consistency of the hummus.
2. Add all ingredients to your food processor or blender, including about half the liquid from the can of chick peas. (This is why I am not adding salt, because this liquid tends to be a bit salty for my taste.)
3. Blend until combined. If the hummus is too thick or getting stuck in the blades, add more of the liquid from the can. You could also opt to add hot water instead.
4. Remove the hummus from the blender to a bowl and garnish with olive oil. This is best served at room temperature so enjoy now and save the rest refrigerated for later. It should keep for about a week if it lasts that long!

Be sure to try my beet hummus or mix this with some yogurt to make fattet hummus!