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Don’t get me wrong. I love Holiday Parties. Houses twinkle, guests glitter and drinks clink. But all that partying can take its toll on our health. It is hard to navigate all the drinking and eating and still maintain the good health that you need to maintain the energy required to be truly merry.
Gluten is just lurking around every corner. And even if you manage to find gluten free goodies to munch on the sugar and fat can kill ya!
I have decided to add some healthy appetizers to my holiday party this year. Which brings me to the lowly hummus.
I know you can buy fairly decent hummus almost anywhere these days but you make it yourself you can ensure it is packed with flavor and is indeed a healthful snack. And it is a snap to make.
To boost the healthy factor I use organic garbanzo beans and add some flax seed oil. Flax seed oil is amazingly good for you and it gives the hummus a great nutty undertone.
Skip the pita, serve with fresh veggies or even apples (don’t cringe, it is actually quite yummy) and if you want to elevate it to high status, pipe it onto the veggies for a pretty presentation. This hummus is definitely not hippie food!
Gluten Free Hummus Recipe
Ingredients
2 cans organic garbanzo beans, liquid drained and reserved
1 ½ teaspoons course sea salt
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)
Juice of 2 lemons
10 dashes Tabasco sauce
2 tablespoons flax seed oil
½ cup liquid from garbanzo beans
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
Directions
Put all the ingredients except olive oil in a strong blender or food processor and process until pureed. Add olive oil and process until smooth. Taste for seasoning, add more salt or Tabasco if necessary.
Servings
Serves 6 as a gluten free dip with fresh vegetables or pipe onto veggies.
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I love this version Carol…with the added goodness of the flaxseed oil and the spiciness of the tabasco!
oh i simply LOVE hummus. Of course I must confess and say that generally I just buy the fantastic foods boxed version! lolol… this looks so good!!
What a lovely presentation! One of the best I have seen today.
Great recipe and beautiful photo! I love this time of year, but I completely agree that all the sweets and drinks are not so good for our bodies. I plan on making a lot of healthy food this holiday, but it’s hard getting family to choose a good quinoa or hummus dish over fudge bars and chocolate chip cookies:)
That photo is fabulous! I’m trying to eat well this holiday season, and hummus and veggies sounds like the perfect thing to take to the work potluck.
Hummus, Hummus, Hummus.
I can see Eddie Murphy here.
We have a large Middle eastern population in Calgary, hence some great, great specialty shops around town.
I must be hoest, it took a while to grow on me, but now, I love it!
Hummus a favourite and your food styling is exceptional!
I’d still eat it, even if it was hippie food!
We love hummus in my house. The boys will grad this for snack instead of junk food. It’s so good.
that is the prettiest photo! i love hummus + find it so easy to make. Agree about over indulgence so bad for the body + mind. the tough part is revising what + how we used to eat as youngsters to now/today ~ digestion is just not the same! Flax seed oil is the best, thanks for including that in your recipe. I use daily as well as ground flax seeds in my guacamole
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Gorgeous presentation!:) Like your pictures…
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Wow !! This pics looks awesome. I like it. Yummy recipe. I would like to eat now.
Interestingly written!
Thank you so very much for posting this… Absolutely LOVE it!! Wish there was a way to “fav” individual posts on WordPress, would definitely favor this post.
BR, Aaron
I will definitely be doing this,but I am not understanding the negetative way of saying this is not hippie etc. I was and still am considered a hippie. Thoroughly embraced the generation, living off of the land etc. I am proud of lots of aspects of the ‘hippie’ life style. Yes there was the neg side,but is that not true of any walk of life! (by the way,I was totally against the drug part and trained and nursed for many years!) I remember my daughter coming home from school crying devastated ,as her teacher referred to hippies as all dirty and lazy drug users. (my daughter knew we were ‘hippies’ because of how we lived off of the land and I made most everything etc)
Sorry maybe that was a wrong way to put it – I mearly meant this is an updated version. I am against the drug culture, not the living off the land, peace loving way of life! There is nothing lazy about that!!!
What liquid could I sub for the liquid from the beans? Would the water from soaking the beans work? Or should I use something else? My daughter is extremely allergic to nickel which eliminates all canned foods from our diet.
Yes the soaking liquid would work or you can just use water. Enjoy!
Where oh where is the Pin button on these recipes?
Hi Veronica – I am going to have to figure that out!!!
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