Food for Life: Hummus

This recipe for hummus comes from my favorite cookbook author Myra Goodman. Myra and her husband founded the company Earthbound Organics, from which you can pick up most of your organic fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. Also...cool fact...they also are the inventors of the bagged salad. So, if you weren't sure if you were a fan of the Goodmans before, you are now!!! Everyone loves the bagged salad! This recipe made us Greens really happy...because our favorite Lebanese restaurant closed, it's been a long time since we've had great hummus! Try it...you won't be sorry!

Hummus by Myra Goodman
Makes 1 1/2 cups

1 3/4 cup cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and      drained if canned
3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil (make sure you get the toasted...it's not the same as non-toasted)
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons sesame tahini
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced (I used 2)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

1.  Place the chickpeas, sesame oil, lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons water in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Add the tahini, garlic, salt, and pepper and puree until smooth.

2.  Transfer the hummus to a pretty bowl and sprinkle the parsley around the edges.  The hummus can be refrigerated, covered, for up to 1 week. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Now for the real food for life.

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself; the Lord hears when I call to Him." -Psalm 4:3