Spicy Hummus

Falafels and Hummus go well together. They go fantastically together. In fact, every time I make falafels, I have to make hummus.

Normally I make the hummus in my Vita-mix, this time I wanted to test out my new food processors 4 cup mini bowl and blade. It did not work as well I would have liked, so I ended up scooping it into my vitamix and finishing the job. Maybe if I used tahini instead of raw sesame seeds the food processor would work better, but as I have a Vitamix and sesame seeds, I will continue to use the Vitamix for this recipe, which I just so happened to get out of the Vitamix recipe book, and altered just a bit.

4 cup mini bowl

Spicy Hummus

NOT the right consistency

2 cups chickpeas
1/2 cup raw sesame seeds
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
3-4 cloves garlic
Italian seasoning
3 dried red peppers (spicy!) adjust as per your taste in heat

Place all the ingredients in the Vita-mix in order, turn on the vitamix to variable speed 1, then turn the dial to full and flip the switch to High. Run the blender for 1 minute, make sure you use the tamper to push it all into the blades.

Trusty Vitamix 

The RIGHT consistency

Easy with the Vita-mix. I found the food processor didn't grind up the sesame seeds as well as required, and the texture wasn't quite smooth. With the Vitamix, I can get it to the perfect consistency. Can I just say I LOVE HUMMUS? I cut my pita in half, spread on a healthy serving of hummus and threw in a few falafels. Then I cut the rest of the pita into wedges and dipped them in hummus. So good.

Not a fabulous picture, but super delicious