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    Last Modified: May 4, 2023 by Tara Gerner 14 Comments

    Healthy Homemade Hummus

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    Grace likes to dip her foods into all kinds of sauces and pastes. Do all kids like that? I like to dip my food into crazy sauces, too, so I'm not sure if it's a family thing or a kid thing. Some dips we've tried recently:

    • A strawberry or raspberry dipping sauce
    • Ranch dressing mixed up with a handful of cooked white beans that have been pureed
    • Spinach chopped finely and blended with a basil pesto
    • Low fat sour cream mixed with salsa
    • Hummus

    Hummus is very easy to make at home.

    Recipe

    healthy homemade hummus surrounded by veggies and pita bread

    Healthy Homemade Hummus

    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine Mediterranean
    Servings 4 people

    Equipment

    • Blender
    • Food processor

    Ingredients
      

    • 16 oz chick peas
    • ยฝ cup water
    • 1 small onions chopped
    • 1 cloves garlic pressed
    • ยฝ tablespoons dried parsley
    • ยฝ teaspoon salt
    • ยผ teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
    • A dash cayenne pepper
    • 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoons olive oil

    Instructions
     

    • Drain and rinse the chick peas and then add them to a blender or food processor. Add a splash of water if needed to puree the beans.
    • Add remaining ingredients to the blender or food processor and pulse a few times to mix completely.
    • Serve cold.

    Notes

    This makes a spicy hummus. Grace is okay with it, but if your kids are reluctant to eat spicy foods, you could cut out the black pepper, cumin, coriander, and cayenne pepper.
    Keyword beans, dip
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    1. Carol says

      October 01, 2009 at 1:20 pm

      Yummy! So the only time I've made hummus from scratch was in Ecuador in college, and I remember a very (VERY) labor intensive step of peeling the chickpeas after soaking them. They had a husky peel similar to garlic. Do you not have to peel them because they're sold differently in our grocery stores than in the markets there, or because you're using a food processor where we were mashing them by hand? Man, that hummus must've been good for all that work -- we were serving 20!
      .-= Carol´s last blog ..Not Yet!! =-.

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    2. Carol says

      October 01, 2009 at 8:20 am

      Yummy! So the only time I've made hummus from scratch was in Ecuador in college, and I remember a very (VERY) labor intensive step of peeling the chickpeas after soaking them. They had a husky peel similar to garlic. Do you not have to peel them because they're sold differently in our grocery stores than in the markets there, or because you're using a food processor where we were mashing them by hand? Man, that hummus must've been good for all that work -- we were serving 20!
      .-= Carol´s last blog ..Not Yet!! =-.

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    3. Tara says

      October 02, 2009 at 12:57 am

      Seriously, Carol? Peeling the chick peas?! I don't peel them. When I buy them dried from the grocery store, they're just like any other dried bean.

      When you say that there's a shell like garlic, I am imagining the papery skin on a bulb of garlic. Is that what you're talking about?

      The beans do have a skin, just like any bean, but I don't peel that. I just whiz it around in the blender, and it turns out okay. Delicious, even. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    4. Tara says

      October 01, 2009 at 7:57 pm

      Seriously, Carol? Peeling the chick peas?! I don't peel them. When I buy them dried from the grocery store, they're just like any other dried bean.

      When you say that there's a shell like garlic, I am imagining the papery skin on a bulb of garlic. Is that what you're talking about?

      The beans do have a skin, just like any bean, but I don't peel that. I just whiz it around in the blender, and it turns out okay. Delicious, even. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    5. Live.Love.Eat says

      October 02, 2009 at 3:09 pm

      I LOVE hummus. Your other dips sound fantastic too. I can give up chocolate the rest of my life to have dips and chips. That's it.
      .-= Live.Love.Eat´s last blog ..Roasted Vegetable & Mozzarella Panini =-.

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    6. Live.Love.Eat says

      October 02, 2009 at 10:09 am

      I LOVE hummus. Your other dips sound fantastic too. I can give up chocolate the rest of my life to have dips and chips. That's it.
      .-= Live.Love.Eat´s last blog ..Roasted Vegetable & Mozzarella Panini =-.

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    7. Mary says

      October 02, 2009 at 4:31 pm

      I love quick and easy recipes. Thanks for sharing this with us. Have a wonderful day.
      .-= Mary´s last blog ..Apfel Sahne Torte - Apple Cream Cake - Foodie Friday =-.

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    8. Mary says

      October 02, 2009 at 11:31 am

      I love quick and easy recipes. Thanks for sharing this with us. Have a wonderful day.
      .-= Mary´s last blog ..Apfel Sahne Torte - Apple Cream Cake - Foodie Friday =-.

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    9. Gollum Foodie Friday says

      October 04, 2009 at 4:32 pm

      I've been looking for a homemade hummus recipe, and now my search is over. This sounds great!

      Reply
    10. Gollum Foodie Friday says

      October 04, 2009 at 11:32 am

      I've been looking for a homemade hummus recipe, and now my search is over. This sounds great!

      Reply
    11. Nicole Feliciano says

      October 07, 2009 at 1:44 pm

      Thanks for the dip ideas. I have to commiserate with all my foodie friends that Gourmet is closing. I am trying to find a Gourmet recipe to feature this Friday. Hope to see you over at Momtrends.

      http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/10/friday-food-pork-and-apples.html
      .-= Nicole Feliciano´s last blog ..Flowers for Birthday Parties =-.

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    12. Nicole Feliciano says

      October 07, 2009 at 6:44 pm

      Thanks for the dip ideas. I have to commiserate with all my foodie friends that Gourmet is closing. I am trying to find a Gourmet recipe to feature this Friday. Hope to see you over at Momtrends.

      http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/10/friday-food-pork-and-apples.html
      .-= Nicole Feliciano´s last blog ..Flowers for Birthday Parties =-.

      Reply
    13. fioricet online says

      November 06, 2009 at 1:02 am

      Nice dips I will try this at home with taco's and chips.

      Reply

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