Hummus

This is a staple snack in the Tyler Orme household. For this recipe the tahini is key, we bought ours on amazon if it's not something sold in your local stores. I hear it's also fairly easy to make.

Ingredients:
1 can chickpeas/garbanzo beans
1/4 cup lemon juice (fresh or bottle juice)
1/4 cup tahini
1/2 clove garlic, minced 
2 TBSP olive oil
1/2 tsp. cumin
salt to taste
water if necessary

We have also made variations of the hummus by including avocados, roasted red peppers, or sun dried tomatoes.

Directions:
In a blender or food processor combine lemon juice and tahini and blend for about a minute. Scrape sides down if necessary and blend again to really cream the tahini.

Add olive oil, garlic, cumin, and salt to the mixture and blend until smooth.

Add chick peas about a third to a half of the can at a time and blend until smooth. If there are still some bits of chickpea then slowly add some water to the mixture and blend until smooth, just be careful not to add too much.

If you are including any extra ingredients like roasted red peppers or sun dried tomatoes you can fold these into the tahini once it's all blended. If adding avocado add it in before blending in the chickpeas. 

If desired you can put a dash of paprika on top to serve or drizzle with extra olive oil.

Hummus can be eaten with veggies, pita bread, spread on sandwiches and quesadillas or anything else you can think of.