Hummus recipe

 Here is the recipe I use for my homemade hummus as promised. I season mine with fresh ground pepper, lots of garlic and some fresh rosemary. LOVE this flavor combination. If you have another flavor you prefer that's fine! Have fun and play around!

To start, I cook the chickpeas myself. I found the recipe and adapted it from in jennies kitchen . If you want to, you could use canned chickpeas. If you want to take the extra time and cook them yourself, I do think it's worth it. Here is what you do:

1 cup dried chickpeas, picked over & rinsed
5 cups water
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 bay leaf
2 cloves of garlic, peeled & smashed
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

 Add all the ingredients to a medium-sized pot. Bring to a boil, then cover, reduce heat to low, and let beans simmer until tender but still toothsome. This will take forty five minutes to an hour. When they are done remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Take out the bay leaf.

 Now put the chickpeas and some of their cooking liquid in a food processor, or high powered blender. Add 4 Tbsp of tahini. Add 1/2 cloves of garlic, depending on your taste and the size of the clove. Add about 1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper, again according to taste. Lastly add fresh rosemary. I generally add one or two sprigs worth. Process or blend until smooth. This will store around a week or two. It makes pretty big batch, so if you don't have hummus lovers at your house plan to share!