Hummus, I got the hummus!

Hummus (Arabic: حمّص‎; also spelled hamos, houmous, hommos, hommus, hummos, hummous or humus). If you are looking for something entertaining to do this evening I would highly recommend researching hummus on wikipedia (or most any subject on wikipedia for that matter). Most informative. I also learned that Humus is a psychedelic band from Mexico which has been active since the late 1980s. I am sorry I have not posted until now, Tuesday evening, not a good start considering it's only week #2 but you will be well rewarded for waiting on the edge of your seats.

So if you haven't already guessed this week's recipe contains red pepper and clearly, mashed up chickpeas. This week I found another recipe I loved and will certainly be making again. 1) Cause I have copious amounts of all needed ingredients on hand pretty much all the time and b) cause it was super easy to make (and if I had only known that before I woulda been making my very own hummus this whole time, there is like no way to mess it up!). You can make all kinds of modifications based on your personal tastes or ingredients on hand. Mom, I think everyone at the house would enjoy this one if you just omitted the red pepper.

So, I ate all my recipe and could post a picture of the plastic container all but licked out... but I think I'll just add on a pic that looks quite a bit like my final product. instead. I guess that's a good sign about how it turned out but I will try to capture my hard work the next time, roasting the red pepper was quite the photo opportunity (in addition to setting off the smoke alarm). Without further ado....


Spiced Sweet Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

the ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, 1/2 drained
1 (4 ounce) jar roasted red peppers or 1 large fresh roasted red pepper
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons tahini (I don't find this a key ingredient a little olive oil'll do fine)
1 clove garlic, minced (I probably used 3, just as Dad would :)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt

How it's done: Blend it up real good. A blender or a little food processor works great. Chill for a bit and then chow down!

This is pretty much what mine looked like (minus the plastic container I keep all my food in :)

D.I.Y.O.D.S. (Do It Your Own Damn Self) Roasted Peppers: So easy!! Throw the whole pepper right in the oven on broil and flip it a few times as it gets blackened on all sides. Take it out (before setting off the smoke detector preferably) and then put it in a paper bag. Wait 15 mins or so and you can just peel and de-seed it without any effort. So delish! I will eat all red peppers like this from now on.

Looking forward to next week!

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