Friday, July 10, 2009

Bake it: Homemade Hummus and Bagel Chips

Homemade Hummus and Bagel Chips


Bagel chip ingredients:
3 bagels
1/4 cup olive oil
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
Gallon-sized zip-top plastic bag

Steps:

1. Slice each bagel crosswise into 4-6 slices.

2. Pour olive oil, onion, garlic, chili powder, and salt into the plastic bag.

3. Add bagel slices, zip the bag, and massage the bag, coating each bagel slice with oil.

4. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Flip. Bake 10 minutes more.

Humus ingredients:
15 ounce can of garbanzo beans, mostly drained
2 Tablespoons tahini or un-salted almond/cashew butter
½ teaspoon salt
Juice from ½ lemon
1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped
1 Tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
1 Tablespoon olive oil


Steps:

1. Put all of the humus ingredients into a blender or food processor. Add some of the liquid from the canned garbanzo beans.

2. Blend together until you have a smooth and creamy dip. Chill in the refrigerator before serving.



4 comments:

  1. Girl, I live off of hummus and chips. This is awesome!

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  2. Cathie,
    I LOVE hummus!!!! I remember my mom making it for my brother and I when we were kids. Sounds sooo good...I have to make this!

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  3. I've always wondered if hummus was hard to make. I think I'll try your recipe! Thanks.

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  4. What a super blog you have here! I'll be back to visit often!

    Happy day!
    Christina :)

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Cathie