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Hummus

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Learn how to make this delicious healthy, creamy Hummus! This recipe is so easy and fast to make! In this video Karen Breyer and her dad will show you step-by-step how to make this creamy homemade Hummus recipe!

Want to learn to make Hummus from scratch? You need only a few healthy ingredients like garbanzo beans or chickpeas and tahini as well as a blender, Vitamix or food processor to make this delicious Hummus. Karen Breyer and her dad will show you step-by-step how to make this fast, easy Hummus recipe! You will see that within minutes you will have delicious hummus that you can use as a dip or spread. This Middle Eastern dip is also perfect to serve with Falafel.

Try this Hummus in pita bread, on crackers, as a veggie dip, in a sandwich, as an appetizer dip, on toast or in a wrap. This is perfect for your healthy diet! If you are looking for Hummus recipes or new vegan recipes you have found a tasty one! Want a new easy, healthy recipe for your lunch, dinner, snack, or appetizer? Look no further! Make this delicious, easy Hummus recipe today!

Yield: 2 cups

Hummus

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (or 15 oz. can) garbanzo beans, cooked
  • 2 tablespoons sesame tahini
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cumin, ground
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1/4 - 1 cup water
  • 6 - 8 sprigs of cilantro leaves, fresh

Instructions

  1. Rinse cilantro and set aside.
  2. Rinse and drain garbanzo beans.
  3. Blend all ingredients together except cilantro.
  4. Add water in the amount needed to obtain the desired thickness.
  5. Blend until smooth (about 1 minute).
  6. Taste and add more seasonings if desired.
  7. Add cilantro leaves and blend briefly, just enough to chop.
  8. Chill and serve.

Notes

Use this dip with pita bread, crackers, or other bread. It is also good as a vegetable dip.

You can replace the tahini with 1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts or raw cashews.

You may use fresh or prepared minced garlic. If you use whole garlic cloves, you don't need to mince them since you are going to blend them.

1 teaspoon minced garlic = 2 garlic cloves.

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder = 2 garlic cloves.

Store hummus in the refrigerator. It should stay fresh at least a week.

© Karen Breyer

 

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter

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Yield: 3 cups

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups dry roasted peanuts
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chilled chocolate chips (mini or regular)

Instructions

  1. Put chocolate chips in the freezer for about an hour or until cold.
  2. Add oil to blender or food processor. Add the peanuts.
  3. Blend until smooth. Start on low and then increase the speed to high.
  4. Slowly add remaining peanuts and blend until desired consistency.
  5. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and blend thoroughly.
  6. Add more salt as desired a little at a time.
  7. Pour in airtight container.
  8. Fold in the chilled chocolate chips. If you want chocolate swirls, stir in some room-temperature chocolate chips. The warm peanut butter will melt the chocolate. The more you stir, the more they will melt and swirl.
  9. Refrigerate the peanut butter until it is firm. In the first two hours of chilling, gently fold the chocolate chips up from the bottom of the container every now and then. Stir as little as possible.
  10. Store this chocolate peanut butter in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Enjoy!

Notes

You can also use dark chocolate chips.

You can use raw peanuts instead of roasted if you want.

I like the taste of Kosher salt best.

When using a Vita-mixer, use tamper through lid opening and push the peanuts down towards the blades.

When using a regular blender (needs to be strong enough to blend nuts) stop periodically and scrape the peanut butter down the sides to help it along.

You can also use a food processor.

If using salted peanuts, reduce the salt to taste.

This peanut butter will stay fresh at least a month in the refrigerator.

See a cooking demonstration of this Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter recipe on the Cooking Lessons for Dad YouTube channel.

© Karen Breyer

 

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