hummus

During last night's grocery run, instead of buying typical snack foods, we picked up garbanzo beans for home made hummus. It was easy-to-make and delicious! Most of the ingredients were ones that I already had in the kitchen (olive oil, salt, garlic and lemon juice- the others are not necessary). I didn't follow the recipe exactly. After reading the user comments and other recipes I decided to leave out the tahini, paprika, and parsley, seeing these as optional, and added some liquid from the garbanzo bean can to help give a smoother texture. If you have a Magic Bullet, combine ingredients in there and let it blend for 30 seconds = perfect texture.

Some of my favorite hummus snacks included:

Carrots dipped in hummus
Lettuce wraps
Cracker+cheese+tomato w/hummus spread
On sandwiches
Let me know if you think of any more!