I was lucky enough to have another snow day today... I wasn't nearly as lazy as yesterday. Played some wordfeud with my brother, got some work done that's due tomorrow, watched some Ellen, and even Jazzercised tonight! I heart Jazzercise. <3
Anyway, in the midst of all that I made some more hummus. Here it is in the food processor:
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| Alissa's Green Olive Hummus (1st attempt!) |
Now, I've decided that I'm not going to give you the recipe until I perfect it. I basically added a bunch of stuff in there today just to see how it would turn out. Pretty good, but it could be better. Wouldn't you rather have a recipe that's perfected? Yep, I thought so.
I also made Turkey Tetrazzini tonight for dinner. Mmmm... and I may have made this, too:
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| Garbanzo and Avocado Salad (WW recipe) |
Wow. Just wow. Oh glorious garbanzo beans! This was soooooooooo fabulous. Jimmy and I ate the whole bowl of it between us and barely touched the tetrazzini! Can you believe that?! Awesome. I will definitely make this again. The bright side? We have leftover tetrazzini... which I personally think is even better than fresh tetrazzini. Yum!
*Side note: For some reason, all of the recipes that I get out of this one WW magazine that I have I cannot find links for the recipes. I'll give you the gist of what's included in the salad... I eyeballed the amounts based on what I had available and the fact that I wasn't making this for a small army.
You need:
-1/2 c. grape tomatoes, halved
-2 cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
-1 avocado, pitted and chopped
-1 small can of diced green chiles
-1/4 c. feta cheese
-1 clove garlic, chopped
-salt and pepper to taste
-2 T. fresh lemon juice
Throw it all in a bowl, stir, and eat! Easy! If you plan to save some of it for a later date, add the avocado separately so it doesn't brown. You'll have to add new avocado when next you eat... that is, if there's any left!
Here's hoping for 50 more blogs of delicious food! Thanks for reading, readers... if you're out there... :-)
Oh, how I love the "chick" peas too!! Hummus looks fabulous.... did you add the tahini paste, and fresh lemon squeezed in, and sea salt, and a bit of garlic? The green olives look great but I have only had it with kalamata. Did you like it with the green? Love your blog and I agree... cooking is the best! Let me know when you want to do a cooking class at Carney... OMG... the students would LOVE it!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe garbanzo and avocado salad looks yummy! I'm looking forward to your hummus recipe. I have a food processor too and it's one of my favorite kitchen tools to use.
ReplyDelete@Debbie-I did add tahini, lemon, and garlic... but I think it needs a bit of canola oil to make it smoother. The green olives were good (my favorite!), but I'll have to try kalamata! I'm still working out some kinks! :-) A cooking class sure would be fun...
ReplyDelete@snacktive-The salad was amazing! ...and I love my food processor. It's fun to watch everything turn to mush.