Super Hummus

Oh my gosh! I have missed writing to all of you out in Internet land. It has been a very busy few weeks for me and my family. Our trip to Kentucky was a lot of fun...it is safe to say we enjoyed every minute. I loved cooking for my sister and Mom while my wonderful, beautiful, sweet nieces played with my 3 cuties.

Cooking is such an art form that many times I feel like I have cheated if I rush through it but that is the reality many nights with 3 hungry little bird mouths chirping loudly for their food. But today I had a good 15 minutes in which to prepare my lunch. After looking in the cabinets and refrigerator I quickly realized I didn't have much to work with. You will not believe this but I have not had salsa in at least 3 days...I know...the jitters will probably start soon, right?! So my favorite ingredient was out of the running for my lunch but then I spied a gorgeous can of organic Garbanzo Beans and decided to make hummus to go with the sparse selection of cut up vegetables I have left in the fridge (it is time to go to the grocery but I will save that for tomorrow...Trader Joe's morning!). I have been on a yellow mustard kick and you know how much I love nutritional yeast so I just started mixing it all up and created a hummus that I really liked. It is very different with the nutritional yeast added but that kicks the protein up another notch making the hummus even healthier!

Here is the recipe for Bikini Lady's Super Power Hummus:

1 Can Garbanzo Beans (or Chick Peas depending on where you are from ;-)

1 T yellow mustard

Garlic and lots of it (but I was out of fresh....a travesty I know) I used 1t garlic powder

1/8 t garlic salt (just 1 tiny shake really)

2 T nutritional yeast

water from garbanzo bean can (save from draining)

Directions:

Drain garbanzo beans and reserve the drained garbanzo bean can water. Rinse the beans. Put the beans and all other ingredients except the water from the can into your blender or food processor. Add the drained water 1 T at a time until you get the consistency you desire. I like my hummus teetering on the thick side since I like it to stay on my celery when I dip. Pulse or blend the mixture until thoroughly mixed and all the garbanzo beans are completely chopped up into a paste. Enjoy with any cut up veggies you have on hand. My favorites are celery, any color pepper and cut up cucumbers. Yummy and made from foods I had in my kitchen.