This is the way hummus should be! I love making homemade hummus, as it allows you to play with the flavors, adding more garlic or less parsley or even RAMPS! (When in season). I also like to up the healthy factor by adding chia seeds and keeping it simple with few ingredients!
As you can see above, you will need chickpeas obviously. But also a great Olive Oil, Cumin, fresh lemon to squeeze the juice from and then optional is the parsley, red onion (I don’t always add the onion) and some fresh garlic. More or less will make the difference in your how much your hummus packs a punch!
I love organic chickpeas either in a bag or a box.
Below is a different day, making another batch of hummus, this time I added sesame seeds.
Rinse the chickpeas and pour them into a food processor or protein shake maker as I have here. I really need to get myself a food processor.
Add olive oil and squeezed lemon juice, along with the cumin and then the fresh garlic, parsley and any other ingredient you’re packing your hummus with! Make sure it’s healthy!
Below you can see the fresh parsley and then some chia seeds!
Blend it all together for a healthy hummus snack and serve with fresh raw vegetables!
I mentioned above, if it’s Ramp season (early Spring) you can make a fantastic ramp hummus!! Very unique and VERY GOOD! It’s a simple recipe only using the chickpeas, olive oil, cumin, lemon juice and ramps! They add the perfect flavor of garlic and onion!
If it is not ramp season, often you can find garlic chives that I have used and worked nicely as well (the smaller greens to the left in the pic below). But nothing compares to ramps.
Load a plate with fresh healthy crisp veggies and watch everything disappear!!!
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
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- 13-15 oz chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2-3 cloves garlic chopped. Here is where you can use RAMPS instead!
- 1/4 medium red onion chopped. (onion is optional and can be omitted)
- 1-2 tbsp fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp cumin more if you prefer!
- 1/2 fresh lemon squeezed
- 1 tsp himalayan sea salt
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- Blend all ingredients together in blender or food processor.
- You can be creative with your own add-ins, such as chia seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds!
- If you like you can also drizzle a bit of olive oil on top when serving!
- Surround with plenty of fresh raw vegetables and enjoy!