Hummus and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Hummus

Ingredients:

• 1 Can Chickpeas, or 1 cup of dry chickpeas soaked in water over night
• 3 Cloves Garlic
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon Pepper
• 2 Tablespoons Tahini 
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• Olive Oil

Instructions:

1. Drain the chickpeas and reserve the liquid. 
2. In a large food processor bowl, fitted with the spinning blade attachment, add the drained chickpeas. 
3. Add the garlic cloves and salt and pepper, Tahini and lemon juice to the bowl. 
4. Pulse several times to mash everything together. Add about 2 tablespoons or more olive oil and pulse a few more times. 
5. If the hummus is still too thick add some if the reserved chickpea water, about a tablespoon at a time, pulsing in between additions until desired consistency is reached. 
6. The hummus is now ready to eat! keep it chilled until ready to serve.
7. I like to serve hummus with a drizzle of olive oil on top and a sprinkling of paprika. 

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Ingredients:

• 1 Can Chickpeas, or 1 cup of dry Chickpeas soaked in water over night
• 3 Cloves Garlic
• 1 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• 2 Tablespoons Tahini
• 1 Red Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 2 Teaspoons Paprika

Instructions:

1. Cut the pepper into thick strips and toss the strips in olive oil. Roast at 400°F for about 5-10 minutes. Keeping a careful eye on the peppers so they do not burn. You want to see a little bit of smoke and some blackened edges. 
2. In the large bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment, add the roasted red pepper strips, garlic, pepper, salt, lemon juice, tahinjand chick peas. 
3. Pulse everything several times over the course of several minutes, until a smooth consistency has been reached. 
4. Remove from food processor bowl and transfer to the dish you plan to serve the hummus in. 
5. Sprinkle the paprika over the top of the prepared hummus, and it is ready to go. Or keep the hummus chilled until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Notes:

Still experiencing a heat wave. So lets continue on with the tour of foods I like that do not need the oven.

Because that is all I have been cooking this week!

So we will start with the basic plain hummus recipe that I use all the time and then I will also explain how to perfectly roast a red pepper and add it into the hummus for a nice extra bit of flavor. I love to use red pepper hummus on chicken burgers in the summer, home made chicken burger on a bun with spinach and red pepper hummus is awesome on a hot summer day.