Remember a while back when I professed my hatred for Garbanzo Beans? Check out this post if you are not familiar. Basically a restaurant job that I had a while back scarred me for life.
Now I’m sure you are wondering why in the world I would try hummus, when that is the main ingredient. There are a couple of reasons.
First – this blog is all about me trying new things, and there are SO many people out there that love Garbanzo Beans – or Chickpea’s if that is what you’d rather call them – that I thought I’d give them a try. Also, they are pretty darn nutritious as well, it definitely wouldn’t hurt to add them into by diet.
Second – my husband came home one night and asked me if I’d had hummus – he had just had it for the first time. He really liked it. He told me it tasted mostly like garlic – in dip form.
Honestly, it was mostly the second reason that convinced me to give this a try.
The recipe I used is from Then Heather Said. You can find it here.
The recipe was not hard at all. That is one thing that I love about dips and spreads – the food processor does all of the work!
I keep going back and forth about weather I liked it or not. It definitely does have a strong garlic flavor – which is a good thing – but then sometimes I taste the beans and things its a little bit gross.
Overall I’d say that I like it enough to eat it if I’m really hungry, but I’m not sure if I’d buy it or order it for myself.
Ease: A, you really just throw a bunch of stuff into a food processor and blend!
Taste: B-/C+, I definitely did not dislike it as much as I thought I would. But I didn’t love it either.
Would I make it again? If I liked it more I definitely would! Mabye the taste will grow on me? Or I will get over my scars……..I think the first step is calling them chickpeas instead of garbanzos….
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Today there is a great Blog Bake Sale going on over at Carrots N Cake! There are over 50 different items to bid on! Tina is donating all of the proceeds from the bake sale to Team for Kids – an organization that provides kids in low income areas with health and fitness education! I donated some of these:
Yes, those are dog treats. Olive approved! So go bid on these! Or one of the other delicious baked goods. If you have trouble deciding, I can help you out with the decision…..as long as you share….. 😉 Bid!
Filed under: Appetizer, Dips and Spreads Tagged: | appetizer, dip, garlic, hummus, olive
I love hummus, as does my hubby, and I agree that the food processor (or blender, before I had a food processor) does most of the work when making it. Maybe that’s why I like it so much… 😀
Keep in mind there are lots of different “flavors” of hummus, too. Some are less bean-y than others, so you might want to try another one down the line. 🙂
Good call Erika with suggesting I try a less beany variety! Any suggestions of recipes I might try?
I haven’t tried this particular recipe, but roasted pepper hummus tastes less bean-like to me: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/roasted-vegetables-with-roasted-pepper-hummus-recipe/1/
If bell peppers aren’t your thing, there are some recipes that use sun-dried tomatoes (and as someone who doesn’t like tomatoes, I love sun-dried tomato hummus). One of those might have enough other flavors to distract you from the beaniness. 😉
Sun dried tomato sounds like a great idea! Thanks!!
I definitely think chickpeas sounds way better than garbanzo beans. 🙂 I used to hate them as a kid, but I love them now!