Hummus - Quick alternative!

[aubrey]

I know its not as healthy as sprouting the garbanzo beans, but from the same company I found the raw stone ground wheat from, I found raw stone ground garbanzo beans!

They are ground fine into a powder, and I made an amazing hummus out of it, and it tastes EXACTLY like the cooked version, and you don't have to wait to sprout the beans (although, you probably should...but if in need of a quick fix...). I made this without the tahini, since I have a friend who is allergic to nuts and seeds...it tasted the same!

HUMMUS:
3/4 c. garbanzo bean powder/flour
1 lemon, juiced
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 c. olive oil
1/2 c. water
sea salt
cracked pepper
1/4-1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. cumin (I add more because I love cumin!)

Mix all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. The powder will need to be scraped up and incorporated, because it will be a little chunky at first, but keep blending. I garnished with finely chopped red bell pepper and some paprika. It had the same flavor and consistency...I couldn't believe it!

[star1919]

Aubrey... that sounds sooo good and fast! Say, do you have the link to the company that carries the garbanzo powder? Thanks! :D

[mercystreet]

That's a brilliant idea! I have some garbanzo bean flour (gram flour), and I was thinking it would be a shame to throw it out. Just want to make sure it's raw though - does anyone know if they use heat during milling?

[aubrey]

www.arrowheadmills.com is where I have been finding all these products.

They have a flour made out of stone ground dried potatoes (we're going to try and make potato crackers out of it...maybe like a Pringle's chip), hazelnut meal, almond meal, stone ground wheat, and other stuff.

See my thread about stone ground wheat; I did a ton of research and posted some of the information about the process on the thread. Essentially, when something is stone ground, it is never heated above 110 degrees.

[star1919]

Aubrey... Thanks so much! Lots of possibilities with all of this! :D

[aubrey]

Yay! Hope you enjoy it!

[carolg]

Health food stores may have.
carolg

[aubrey]

Yes...I have been getting mine from either Wild Oats or Hy-Vee's whole foods section.

[Faithfullyfit]

www.arrowheadmills.com is where I have been finding all these products.

They have a flour made out of stone ground dried potatoes (we're going to try and make potato crackers out of it...maybe like a Pringle's chip), hazelnut meal, almond meal, stone ground wheat, and other stuff.

See my thread about stone ground wheat; I did a ton of research and posted some of the information about the process on the thread. Essentially, when something is stone ground, it is never heated above 110 degrees.

I cannot wait to hear if you get a "Chip" Texture with ground potato- I have had no success with the potato or zuchinni chips- too thin, shriveled up and very starchy tasting-blech!