"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

Pioneer Woman at Heart

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Red Lentil Hummus

 Here is how I make our red lentil hummus.  It makes a good amount, but you can slather it on a cracker and top it with a sliced boiled egg, dip fresh veggies in it, enjoy it on a sandwich (of any sort) and so many other ways.  You can use hummus as your "sauce" for dishes.


First, measure 1 cup of organic red lentils, and rinse them.  Add them to a pot and 3 cups of water.  Cook them until there  is no water left (they will be a mushy consistency).  You will need to watch the pot at the end so it does not burn to the pan.

Take off the heat and allow to cool.  Go clean something, read a book, fold laundry or enjoy the outdoors for a bit.


Place the cooked and cooled lentils in a food processor and add:

1 can organic chickpeas, drained and rinsed

1/2 cup Tahini

3 Tbsp. Lemon juice (I use fresh squeezed and often use one lemon, and don't measure)

3-4 Cloves of garlic, minced (to your taste)

3/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. cumin

Mix in the food processor, chill and enjoy!

Note:  We love garlic in our hummus, but you can easily adjust all the ingredients in this to your liking too.

It's our favorite hummus, next to traditional hummus that uses all chickpeas, olive oil and similar ingredients. 

6 comments:

Betsy said...

Although I like hummus, I don't typically care for lentils. Yours sound delcious.
Blessings,
Betsy

Anne in the kitchen said...

Sounds good. I have a ton of red lentils and will make this for snacking during March Madness basketball games.

Faith said...

Oh I do love me some hummus, thank you for the recipe. I did find the 5 crochet thread at Joann, I had to order it, not much selection of colors, I'll be surprised if they fill the order since they are going out of business.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Betsy, thanks. The red lentils make this a creamy hummus

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Anne in the kitchen, sounds good.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Faith, hopefully they fill the order for you. For some reason, I thought I read that #5 was discontinued.