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Thanks to our Pinterest board we found a great new Avocado Hummus dip. See how we made it our own below!
HADAS:
Expertise: Noob, never made hummus before
Ease: Not bad!
Customizing: Someone in my house ate all the avocados so I improvised and made a pesto-hummus dip.
Repeatability: I really want to try it with avocado. It was ok with the pesto, but not incredible.
ESTEE:
Expertise: Intermediate
Ease: Fairly easy
Customizing: I could not find tahini without going to a health food or specialty store and Google said peanut butter was the most common substitute. Switched chili powder for cumin because I don’t make many recipes that call for it, but I use chili powder frequently. Added extra garlic, a ton of black pepper, and red pepper flakes. (I like spicy food.) I skipped the cilantro entirely…it’s not my favorite.
Repeatability: I liked it and it went over really well at the party I took it to so I’d most likely make it again.
VANESSA:
Expertise: Intermediate
Ease: Easy – but I make hummus all the time.
Customizing: Followed the recipe – even used tahini from a middle eastern market in Falls Church, VA. But you can leave that out because tahini can be pricey.
Repeatability: More avocado next time!
Melissa’s Nutritional Tidbit: Hummus is an incredible food, only gaining recognition pretty recently. It has since spread like wildfire, popping up in many varieties all over the country. Hummus is a superfood, containing many vitamins and nutrients like protein, fiber, iron, and folate. Folate is a part of the B- vitamin complex, responsible for the production of red blood cells, DNA, and RNA. Folate is especially important in the first month after conception to help a growing fetus develop properly.
Hummus is great with fresh cut-up carrots, bell peppers, celery sticks, or pretzels. I like to use it as a condiment instead of mustard or ketchup on my sandwiches!
*Melissa is a Registered Dietician working on her Master’s degree in Nutrition Sciences. She’ll be popping up wherever we talk about food to help us understand what each vitamin or mineral does and how we can make our meals healthier.
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