My Hummus Recipe

Hummus

Makes 2 cups. A creamy garbanzo spread that can be used as a sandwich filling, or served as a dip with fresh vegetables or wedges of pita bread.

2 garlic cloves

1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans (drained but save the liquid)

2 tablespoons lemon juice

3 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed butter)

2 tablespoons parsley

2+ tablespoons virgin olive oil

1/4 teaspoon cumin

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1/4 teaspoon salt

Place garlic and parsley in a food processor and chop finely.

Drain beans, reserving liquid. Add to the food processor along with everything else. Start the food processor going, it will only kind-of-sort-of blend at first because it will be too dry!

Add the liquid from the garbanzo bean can a bit at a time until it starts blending (you can be a bit sloppy here its not that precise). Let it blend for a minute or so once that happens, then you can add more liquid a bit at a time until you get the consistency you like. You can also mix in a bit more olive oil until you get the flavor you like of that.