Current favorite snack!

 On  fluke yesterday I decided to heat up some hummus. Actually, it all started with me trying to jazz up some store bought hummus. It was suppose to be garlic flavor, but to be honest I wasn't enjoying it as much as my homemade hummus.

 Sadly I haven't made any in a couple months because my blender cannot handle it and my food processor hasn't fared so well the last couple times. It actually shut off on me. Boo. Anyway, back to jazzing up the store bought hummus. I was going to add some rosemary, then decided to go with cumin because I only have dried rosemary. I have issues with dried herbs such as rosemary and thyme. I find they are stiff and you end up biting into them or getting them stuck in your teeth.

  After adding the cumin and tasting it, I decided it did need some rosemary after all. I think it was mostly because I was remembering fresh homemade garlic and rosemary hummus I made this summer. As most of you probably realize, adding herbs to cold items doesn't lend well for flavor. The herbs don't seem to be able to infuse the food as well as if it were warm. So I threw in some rosemary and some fresh ground pepper (don't worry I hadn't added much cumin) and popped the hummus in the microwave for a few seconds.

 Once I had heated it well I stirred it again to make sure the heat and seasonings were evenly distributed. It smelled A-MAZ-ING. I grabbed my grape tomatoes out of the fridge and dipped away. OH MY! It was so yummy. It reminded my of something. I knew I needed bread. Since bread was out of the question I grabbed a few corn chips and dipped away. Want to know a secret? creamy warm hummus tastes a lot like spinach and artichoke dip. Seriously! Who would have thought? Way less fat, yet just as creamy and delicious!

 My point? Hummus, go get yourself some! Or better yet, cook up a batch! I'll even post my recipe tomorrow. It's delicious. Delicious with everything from carrots and grape tomatoes, to bread or corn chips. Even better? My kids like it, and it's on the list of "safe" foods for them to take in school lunches!