Sunday 5 August 2012

Pea Hummous


Quick Homemade Pea Hummous


This has to be one of the quickest and easiest dips to make and all the ingredients are things usually found in the fridge or larder. I use minted peas, which gives a slightly more interesting flavour than the plain variety and serve it with vegetable sticks (carrot, celery, pepper, cucumber and radish). I also use crunchy peanut butter instead of tahini as I prefer the slightly crunchy texture instead of a smooth dip.


Ingredients

Olive oil
1 finely chopped onion
2 cups frozen peas
2 tablespoons peanut butter or tahini
2 tablespoon plain greek yogurt or sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste





Chopped onion, peas and olive oil
Yogurt and crunchy peanut butter



Method

Fry the finely chopped onion in the olive oil until translucent but not brown.
Cook the frozen peas for two minutes in the microwave then drain.
Add the onion, peas, peanut butter (or tahini), the Greek yogurt (or sour cream) to a blender.
Blitz until thick and creamy and season to taste - (I like mine rather course).
Chill well.
Yummy!





Use a blender to blitz the mixture

All ingredients added


Blitz until required texture

Makes one large tub - chill before use
Keeps in frigde for several days

My healthy lunch today



Serve with vegetable sticks for a healthy snack, or crisps for a less healthy but quicker alternative.




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3 comments:

  1. Oooh, that looks rather yummy, I may make that for my lunches next week :o)

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  2. I'm going to try that delicious looking recipe, Annabelle! That's just my type! Thanks for sharing.
    :-)

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  3. great little recipe - we love hummous in all varieties! :)

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