I haven't made any fresh hummus recently, but when I came across Shiloh Jolie Pitt's [1] recipe, I remembered how it's super easy to make. While you could buy a commercial variety from the grocery store aisle, there's a significant difference between the taste of store-bought hummus and the creamy homemade kind. To make the entire meze even better, take a few minutes to toast the pita chips in the oven — they'll come out warm and crispy. Like Shiloh suggests, it's easy to vary the flavor by adding sun-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives, parsley, or anything else that suits your fancy. To get this delicious recipe, .

Submitted by TeamSugar member Shiloh Jolie Pitt [2]
Hummus & Pita Chips

This is the basic recipe, you can change it by adding roasted peppers or sun dried tomatoes.

[2]INGREDIENTS:
4 garlic cloves, mashed
2 15-oz cans of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
2/3 cup of tahini (roasted, not raw)
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil
salt to taste

- If you want to cook your chickpeas, soak them overnight and then cook in water with a dash of oil to soften them, for about 2 hours, don't add salt until they are cooked because that will make them tough.

[2]Put all ingredients minus salt in food processor. Process until smooth then add salt to taste. Process again until everything is blended.

[2]Pita chips: Cut pita bread in small triangles.

[2]Line a cookie sheet with aluminium foil, arrange pita triangles and brush pieces with olive oil. Put under broiler until golden.

[2]To serve, drizzle olive oil and sprinkle some paprika on hummus, accompany with pita chips. ENJOY!

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