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Ok, so it’s not cake or sug­ary but there are times when we need to eat some­thing else around this place.  One of my daugh­ters is vegan and I have been research­ing and exper­i­ment­ing with new vegan & veg­e­tar­ian recipes.  It’s a new year and “some” of us could stand to lose a few pounds and eat health­ier in gen­eral.    I have been work­ing on dif­fer­ent types of hum­mus and so far we like the results.

The type I made didn’t have any tahini (ground sesame seeds etc)  in it.  Basi­cally I took:

1 can of gar­banzo beans/chick peas

1/4 cup of extra vir­gin olive oil

1 table­spoon of lemon juice

2–3 heaped tea­spoons of roasted red pep­per paste

1/2 tea­spoon of cumin (add more to your own taste)

pinch of kosher salt

1 heaped tea­spoon of crushed garlic

Add all of the ingre­di­ents to your food proces­sor or use a hand blender/wand, either will work.  Blend until you reach a con­sis­tency that you like and serve with pita chips or hot naan bread cut into tri­an­gles which is how I served it.

Healthy and so quick to make. I made this batch five min­utes before I left for a New Years Party and every­one loved it!