Have you ever made your own hummus? I always thought it would be difficult to make my own, but it’s actually very easy! Plus, making your own hummus is a lot more nutritious than buying it at the grocery store– just check out the high scores of the ingredients in my recipe below!
Hummus
Makes 3.5 cups
Ingredients:
- 2 15-ounce cans of Goya Chick Peas (NuVal score: 88), one drained, one undrained
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (NuVal score: 99)
- 1 garlic clove (NuVal score: 96), minced
- 1 tsp cumin
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in blender in order listed.
- Blend until smooth.
After making the “plain” hummus, I portioned-out about half and added it to a storage container for later. To the remaining hummus, I added approximately 1/2 cup Cosmos Sun Dried Tomatoes in Oil (NuVal score: 65) and then continued to blend.
Delicious sun-dried tomato hummus and plain hummus! 
If you don’t have time to make your own hummus or you just prefer the store-bought variety, here are some NuVal scores for refrigerated hummus:
- Cedar’s Red Pepper Hummus: 61
- Tribe Hummus Sweet Roasted Red Pepper: 52
- Wild Garden Hummus Dip: 51
- Cedar’s Roasted Garlic and Chive Hummus: 47
- Cedar’s Horseradish Hummus: 43
- Sabra Red Pepper Hummus: 26
- Sabra Classic Hummus: 24
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I love hummus with a LOT of tahini, and I don’t keep it at home so I grind the sesame seeds myself! It has such a wonderful smell. Oh, and I usually have to cook my own chickpeas too, as it’s cheaper than canned.
Wei-Wei
There should definitely be tahini in that hummus recipe. Its not the same without it!
It is surprising how easy homemade hummus is! Super tasty too.
I love making hummus! It is so easy to do at home!
Dried beans are great cooked in a pressure cooker. Save some of the bean cooking liquid to thin the hummus. I always add tahini and smoked paprika and crushed red pepper. Sometimes I make it with kalamata olives and cilantro too. If you still need to thin the hummus, you can add water.
Making hummus is so easy. I prefer it without tahini anyway, so it’s usually worthwhile to make my own. I like to add spinach too
And of course lots of garlic!
[...] Tina had posted a recipe for hummus that didn’t require tahini, so I improvised. I was determined to have hummus. [...]