Living Healthy - God Bless the Chickpea

Anyone else remember that amazing line from the "Friends" episode guest starring George Clooney and Noah Wyle? There's this great awkward scene going on between Monica and Rachel, and the guys are sitting there as their dates eating humus, and its getting more and more awkward, and at one point George has this great line "God bless the chickpea." Amazing.

So in honor of that line, I present my most recent healthy dining experience, homemade Humus!

Yummy, easy to make, and pretty damn healthy. Actually, making your own ends up with a lot more healthy a humus than you can buy at the store. Partner it with homemade Whole Wheat Pita Chips and you have an amazing snack, or just a healthy munchy!

Homemade Humus

1 can of chickpeas (15 oz)

1/2 lemon

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 teaspoon cumin

salt and pepper to taste

Drain the can of chickpeas into a bowl, but save the liquid that they were packed in.

Using a food processor or hearty blender, start blending the chickpeas with the lemon juice, and some of the chickpea liquid. Add the olive oil, a bit at a time, along with more of the liquid, until it is the consistency that you like.

Roughly mince the garlic, and add it along with the cumin, salt and pepper to the food processor. Make sure that the garlic is well blended in.

Depending on how you like your humus to taste, you might want to start with just blending the chickpeas, and then start adding the lemon juice and garlic slowly, tasting as you go.

Then dump it into a bowl, and serve!

(To make the homemade pita chips, simply chop up some pita pockets, split the triangles open, and bake in the oven at 300 until they are the appropriate crispiness.)

And then enjoy! Stay tuned tomorrow for images of my latest endeavors, and check out Twitter for previews of some of my new products!

Ciao for now, Allison