Making creamy hummus at home tastes so much better than any prepared hummus available in the grocery stores. With a whirl of my food processor, some canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), and a few pantry items, I can have hummus that’s fresh, lemony, buttery smooth, and delicious, any time I want it. Making hummus lets me decide the amount of lemon juice, salt, tahini (sesame paste), or garlic to …
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Baba Ghanoush
Baba Ghanoush is well known throughout the Middle East as a creamy, smokey dip made with eggplant, lemon juice, and tahini (sesame paste). This Lebanese recipe also uses a couple of tablespoons of yogurt, which I think adds to its creaminess. The trick to capturing this distinctive smokiness is actually charring the skin over an open flame. Unfortunately, attempts to broil the eggplant in the oven …