{"id":69,"date":"2007-01-04T22:35:58","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T22:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2007-01-04T22:35:58","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T22:35:58","slug":"hummus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Hummus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hummus.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/Hummus.jpg\" width=\"413\" height=\"294\" \/><br \/>\nHummus, garnished with paprika and black sesame seeds<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hummus<\/strong><br \/>\n(a very easy, yummy, healthy snack)<\/p>\n<p>1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas), drained (reserve the liquid)<br \/>\njuice of 1 lemon<br \/>\n2 &#8211; 3 cloves garlic, cut into small chunks<br \/>\n1\/4 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. olive oil<br \/>\ntiny sprinkle of salt<br \/>\nany other flavorings\/seasonings you might like (cumin, paprika, etc.), to sprinkle on top<\/p>\n<p>Throw all of the ingredients in the blender and puree until smooth, adding some of the reserved garbanzo liquid, if necessary, to reach the right consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with celery sticks, bell pepper strips, cucumber rounds, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, pita chips or other dipper of your choice or spread inside half of a pita pocket for a sandwich (add sprouts or whatever else you or your little people might like).<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m serving this for adults at a party, I will sprinkle a few black sesame seeds (try an Asian market) over the top and garnish with a couple of Italian parsley or cilantro leaves sticking out of the dip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hummus, garnished with paprika and black sesame seeds Hummus (a very easy, yummy, healthy snack) 1 can garbanzo beans (chick peas), drained (reserve the liquid) juice of 1 lemon 2 &#8211; 3 cloves garlic, cut into small chunks 1\/4 cup tahini (sesame seed paste) 2 Tbsp. olive oil tiny sprinkle of salt any other flavorings\/seasonings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=69\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hummus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}