Z's Hummus

This is the easiest, healthiest, and most delicious hummus you will ever have! Hummus basically consists of chickpeas, tahini (a sesame paste) and FRESH ingredients. Not only is it easy, but such a great snack and you can do so many awesome things with hummus. My personal favorite is eating it with Taboli (a middle eastern salad) and pita bread. Here are some other tips that you can creatively use hummus:

• Hummus Sandwich- 2 slices of wheat bread, 3 tablespoons hummus, 2 tablespoons of feta, 1 tablespoon of kalamata olive, 4 slices of cucumber and 2 slices of tomatoes...heaven.
• This goes great with any choice of meat, grilled chicken and steak, just divine. Try to spice up your chicken/steak fajitas with a dap of hummus, so delicious with salsa too you would be surprised!
• Serve with veggies! Carrots, broccoli and celery are great!

So here it is, this serves as an appetizer for about 4-6 people:

1 can of garbanzo beans/chickpeas drained and washed (OR you can use about 1.5 cups fresh dried chickpeas, soak them overnight, and then boil under soft)

3 Tablespoons of Tahini

2 lemons

2 cloves of garlic

1 tablespoon of white pepper

1 tablespoon of salt

 1/2 cup of water

Combine all of the ingredients except water in a food processer. You will notice how chunky it is, so then you add in water gradually. This will thin it out, you can add more water, garlic and lemon depending on your taste! This can easily be doubled, tripled as well:)

To garnish, I love to give some color to the dish. Curly parsley in the middle, a dash of paprika and some assorted veggies and you are ready to go!