What to Do with Hummus?

I normally just eat it as a dip with veggies or pita bread, but I have also used it as a spread on pita sandwiches. I've taken pork loin chops and sliced thin. Marinade in ceasar dressing and then cook in skillet. From there I prepare the sandwich with the meat, feta (or favorite cheese) tomato, cucumber, (favorite veggies) hummus and cucumber ranch dressing. I've been wanting to try a recipe by Rachel Ray - it was a greek meatloaf. Once it was complete, she sliced and placed on pita with toppings and hummus. Sounded delish - best of luck - I'm excited to see what recipes you get - I will be interested to try as well.

B.,

I like to make hummus gyros - take a pita, spread hummus on it (if you're like me, use a ton!), top with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and feta cheese, then fold in half and top it off with some tzatziki sauce (it's a greek cucumber sauce). It's my favorite thing to eat in the summer!

Hope that helps!

C.

Hi B.,

I don't know of recipes that use hummus, but there are lots of middle eastern recipes that call for tahini which is the sesame seed paste that is in hummus. It's sort of like runny peanut butter. Tahini makes really good salad dressings and one simple recipe I like is to steam cauliflower and then toss it with a mixture of tahini and lemon juice, salt and pepper.

If you search for tahini as an ingredient I'm sure you'll find lots of recipes. It's kind of a strong taste on it's own so you might want to taste it before you make a big meal out of it! You might also like recipes with chickpeas in it since that's mostly what hummus is made of. Homemade falafel (patties made with chickpeas) is good and pretty easy to make. I don't have a recipe for it off the top of my head but I'm sure if you google it you'll find lots of recipes.

Ok, this is making me hungry now... I'm going to have to check back later and see if you get some more recipes!

Hi B., hummus is great on pitas of course. you can put them on sandwiches for a healthy twist. dip for veggies is good too. try the Sabra brand..VERY good

Try looking for any vegetarian websites. I am sure there is a vegetarian society, maybe vegetarian.com etc....

That or try to find a Lebanese or Indian (country of) website cooking/recipe site.

I am not sure where you are from, but the closest vegetarian or Lebanese/Indian restaurants around here are in Columbus, OH.

My favorite is Trader Joe's Hummus. They have original and garlic lovers and a variety of other flavors. I've not successfully made my own hummus - because nothing I've made taste's like Trader Joe's so is inferior to it.

My son begs for hummus and even ate it for breakfast in addition to is oatmeal. Ugh.

I spread it on the bread before making grilled cheese sandwiches. He loves it and I do too. I mix tuna, shredded cheese and hummus to make a tuna salad that he eats with crackers or as a tuna melt. My favorite way to eat it is with pita chips but also like it with raw veggies. My friend eats it with raw onion wedges. I also like it on sandwiches of all types.

It is very healthy and very tasty! Thanks for bringing up this topic - finally one that is educational for me! If you read The Sneaky Chef books - I use it anyplace she uses the white bean puree.

Hi B.,

I'm a vegan chef, so I'm very familiar with hummus. It's great isn't it! The most common thing we do with it is stuff it inside pita with some tabouli (it's a grain and herb salad) sooo good. Also we'll take large warm tortillas, get or make some falafal (warm), cut the falafal into strips and layer onto a generous smothering of warm hummus, then top with sliced pickles, chopped tomato and some lettuce (delicious). Also it's a great filling for homemade sushi, pair with any other veggie: carrots, asparagus, cucumber etc. A final idea is it's a great pizza base for a middle eastern themed pizza, top with any of the suggestions I mentioned before or come up with your own.

Hope that helps! Happy cooking!

S.

I have made hummus sandwiches, spreading a very liberal amount on multigrain bread, adding slices of tomato, vadalia onion, a good cheddar cheese, avacado slices, a few sprouts and some mayo, YUMMMM!

B.,

This recipe is a great one. I got it off of recipezaar.com and its lovely. Very warm weather, light, airy summer type dish. We love it.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Hummus-and-Spinach-Stuffed-Chic...

Good luck
J.

Try it w/ veggies as dip
Use it as part of your burger/meatloaf ingredients to hold things together. You'll have to play with it a bit and figure out how much and what else you'll want to use to get your desired texture.

felafel is essentially hummus made into balls and fried... so that's one thing we love at our house. the kids eat them like chicken nuggets with ketchup, we eat them with cucumbers, tomatoes, and pita with a yogurt sauce.

one thing about hummus-- it's soooooooo much cheaper (and EASY!) to make your own. you can make it for a dollar or less, but if you buy it premade it's at least 3 or 4 dollars!

it makes great sandwiches-- hummus and cucumbers and tomatoes, yum! or avocado... whatever suits your fancy... i also love a great wrap with hummus and all sorts of veggies wrapped up in a tortilla and grilled.

i make a carrot soup with garbanzo beans and tahini in it, my family hates it but my friend lisa and i think it's divine!!! i can dig up the recipe if you want. it's pureed so there's no texture-- that's why my husband doesn't like it... too much like baby food... but the mixture of flavors is so perfect. it has a hint of orange, and the carrots and garbanzos... it's so great!

Again, no "real" recipes for you. I don't care for cucumbers but will eat them with hummus. My daughter doesn't care for carrots but again, will eat those with hummus. Basically, I guess we have used it as a replacement for ranch dressing as a dip to veggies. We also use it as a spread on sandwiches. It is so fantastic and very good for you!

Look at allrecipes.com great recipe website. I use it on pita bread or tortilla with turkey and lettuce, with celery, things like that.

I never used it in a receipe, because it is more like a dip or spread...but I have used it on sandwiches instead of mayo. I think that you will just have to experiment. If you find a good receipe please let me know. I discovered hummus, when I spent the summer of '94 in Israel and they pretty much used it as a spread or dip.

wife and mother of 4.

I like to dip carrot sticks in it. I just came across this today: Spread on a pita, top with cooked chicken strips, chopped cucumber and a little feta cheese= Greek pizza. I haven't tried this one, but it sounds good.
You can dip pita chips/wedges in hummus, or your favorite vegetables.

You can also dip it with baby carrots or celery sticks, and possibly other cut up veggies.
Traditionally it is eaten with triangles or torn pieces of pits bread.
I don't know of any recipes that would include hummus.

I just had some on my hamburger tonight for supper!!! Yummy!

We always eat ours with pita chips or vegetables. I'm totally craving hummus now! I think a trip to the store may be in order! :)

I love it too, and I sometimes make my own. I eat it with veggies, or use it as a sandwich spread. You can put it on the bun with your veggie burger or by itself to make a sandwich and add sprouts or lettuce, tomato, etc.

It's really meant as a dip or spread for pita bread. I like using veggies or pita chips as well, but I've never really seen it as an ingredient in anything.