Would Like A Great Hummus Recipe Please

[Animal Lover]

Dear Housekeeper, Thanks sooo much. Will get the yogurt and give it a go. It is so expensive to buy the tiny containers of hummus, figured to make my own is better and maybe I can get hubby to eat it. Thanks again. AL

[drissel]

First glance I thought is said HUMAN recipe :)

[Housekeeper]

Drissel....I've cooked lots of things...THAT isn't one of them LOL!!!!

[Housekeeper]

Oh...one thing...don't forget to rinse the beans...It improves the texture a lot!

[BeWell]

I"ll chime in with my "recipe" fwiw...

I usually cook a large batch of chick peas aka garbanzos since we like them a lot and so do our cats. I cook them until soft but not falling apart, at least I try - I use a pressure cooker, after soaking overnight, cook for 18 to 20 minutes.

I usually mash them as I do not have a food processor, I do have some mills though that I should try. Then I add (naturally no measuring, sorry) - some of the chick pea cooking juice, a small bit of lemon juice, a bit more tahini (I buy it at middle eastern stores when I'm around one, or natural food stores but their's isn't usually as good, can NOT be "raw"), salt, pepper, a bit of garlic if DH is eating it, a bit of chives if not, a dab of olive oil and mix it all up. I like to add or have on the side lots of minced parsley. I like it with brown rice or white, with a bunch of chopped tomatoes, and hummous. Or with cooked bulgur pilaf, or with tabouli.

[Animal Lover]

Thanks BeWell, I will add some parsley if I have any left in my garden. I do love it. I use 1/2 parsley and 1/2 basil sometimes when I make Pesto as it will stretch out my basil plants and tastes terrific too. Herbs are becoming soooo expensive too we all have to learn how to make less do more. BJ