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I have a real treat for your today if you like hummus, bean dips, and pizza.
A hummus recipe that is–well, pizza hummus. Or pizza dip. Or just a great tangy, spicy hummus recipe.
Or just plain yum.
My family loves hummus.
You wouldn’t know it by our grocery store receipts, however.
Honestly, I don’t know that we have ever bought full-priced hummus (and even on sale, I will say we’ve likely only bought it about 2-3 times.)
When you’ve got a great recipe for homemade hummus, and a great food processor–who needs to 
.
Truly, one of my husband’s favorite recipes that I make is our Savory Hummus.
You likely won’t believe how much of this I make at one time.
I literally get 10 cups (that’s 3 pounds, plus) of garbanzo beans, soak them overnight, cook them (make sure you read my post on How to De-Gas Beans), and then make one gigantic batch of homemade hummus.
Really.
And it doesn’t last long.
Recently, I saw Katie’s recipe for Melty Pizza Hummus and thought I should give it a try.
My oldest has a life-threatening allergy to dairy and so he’s never had store-bought pizza.
And making pizza can be a little bit of a daunting task for this busy mom.
But a dairy-free pizza dip? That I could possibly pull off.
I changed the recipe quite a bit, and we LOVE the final result.
In fact, I’ve made it twice in one week.
And it’s disappearing fast again.
In fact, it is sooo good that my oldest son said that I don’t even need to make his requested pizza for his birthday– I could just make this instead. (He was sort of joking, of course .)
Grab yourself some garbanzo beans and try this dip out.
One thing that is special about this hummus and my Savory Hummus is that they are tahini and sesame-free. You could use tahini in place of the oil in either recipe, but I think that hummus without the tahini is refreshingly light. (My son also is deathly allergic to sesame, which is why I started making hummus without it.)
I’d love to hear what you think about this dip!
Pizza Hummus (Pizza Dip) – dairy and sesame free
Makes approximately 4 1/2 cups
Ingredients
3 cups garbanzo beans (Read How to De-Gas Beans)
1 1/4 cups water (filtered water please)
3 3/4 tsp basil
1 1/2 tsp salt (I recommend Real Salt)
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup olive oil
4-5 cloves garlic (See The Easiest Way to Peel Garlic)
3 tsp crushed red peppers, or to taste
1 1/2 tsp oregano
3/4 cup tomato paste
Method
1. Put all ingredients in a food processor, or high-powered blender (like Vitamix or Blendtec)
2. Blend until smooth, to your liking.
3. Serve at room temp, or chilled. Store in fridge.
NOTES:
1. Nutritional yeast adds a super punch of protein and B-vitamins, if you get the supplemented brand.
2. My family thinks this amount of crushed red pepper is a little too much, but for some reason, I’ve taken a liking to spicy food recently and I think it’s great as is. And still, my sons have literally gobbled this up–spicy or not.
3. Nutritional Yeast does not feed candida. And if you are up on the controversy about free glutamates and excitotoxins, I have done some research into that and I decided that I am just fine including nutritional yeast in our diet. I hope to share more about this in the near future.
4. I didn’t try this, but I think you could make this with any bean, but white ones, like navy, would adapt the best.
5. If you like, you could add a regular dairy cheese and I think it would taste great, but I didn’t try it.
This hummus is great as a dip, on top of rice, or inside a wrap.
You could try my Buckwheat Wraps or serve with my Focaccia Flax Bread.
“>Or…by the spoonful!
I personally enjoy a little hummus alongside an egg with veggies on the side.
Anyway, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.
Might sound silly, but I think my husband would be thrilled to have hummus for dinner. He’s pretty easy to please.
But he did ask for me to make my Almost Reese’s Candy as a treat. Hopefully I can pull that off .
If you are still looking for Valentine’s Treats to make, don’t miss my Healthy Valentine’s Day Round Up.
What do you like to eat with hummus or bean dip?
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Yum! I like hummus without tahini better as well. I am not a tahini fan really at all.
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Good to know I’m not alone!
I’ll have to try this with white beans – do not like garbanzos at all. I like it with celery, carrots,and cucumbers
This is going on my to-make-asap list. My son and I have decided to go grain-free, and I am desparate for some recipes he will like. He loves pizza and I already make a bean dip he loves, so how can this not work. Also, I have a 50 pound bag of garbanzos that are wasting away in my basement that I bought when I wanted to make my own gluten-free baking mix (grinding garbanzos didn’t work as well as I had hoped). Thank you!
Great! Yes, grinding garbanzos if they aren’t cooked first will lead to loads of gas. Ick.
We enjoy hummus in my family as well, yet I am allergic to yeast. Is there a possible substitute for the nutritional yeast? Thank you!
Are you sure that this yeast would be an issue? Of course, check w/ your doctor, but nutritional yeast is different than yeast used in baking. Otherwise, I would sub in another cheese that you melt first, or a powdered dry cheese, like a parmesan. Hope you like it!
This looks delicious. I think it’d be a great post-workout snack, as it’s high in protein. If I wanted to add cheese, should I sub out the nutritional yeast? Or could I use both together? I personally have never cooked with nutritional yeast, so I hope you share more on this product!
I would skip the cheese since it has a cheesy flavor. Are you stalking my blog?
You are commenting a ton.
Oh it’s fantastic. How great to have something other than the usual hummus. I look forward to trying it out.
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this looks so very tasty! mmmm
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Wow, this sounds great! My son loves hummus and pizza and nutritional yeast, so I bet he’ll like this.
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I bet he will too!
This looks so good! I love dips and my husband loves pizza. I think we can make this work!
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Hope you like it!!!
Adrienne,
This dip was proclaimed “ridiculously good”! We’ll definitely be making it again.
Thanks!
Woo hoo! I consider that to be just about the highest compliment I have ever received! Thanks and “hello” to you and yours!
I thought that I recently saw a post about your son’s allergies, but now I can’t find it! I was just surprised to read it because my 9 year old is allergic to peanuts and sesame seeds (and a slight issue with a couple of other nuts, so we just avoid nuts for her.) When she was 14 months old I encouraged her to try hummus with bell pepper strips- one of my own favorite snacks, and so healthy, right? She was resistant, so I didn’t push it, but a bit of hummus did get on her face and mouth. Imagine my terror when she started breaking out in hives and then it became confluent hives (her whole body was covered in a hive, basically!) We rushed to the ER and she got a steroid shot, and was OK after that. But even with allergy testing we didn’t identify her sesame allergy immediately… I thought it was chickpeas, for some reason, but it was not, so the allergist just told me “We’ll never know”. Going forward, my daughter was SO picky about bread in particular- she absolutely refused to eat “bread with seeds”. It wasn’t until I gave her a serving of noodles with sesame seeds mixed in and she had a violent reaction (hives and vomiting) after ingesting at most 2 sesame seeds that I finally realized what it was. Allergy testing then confirmed it. What is most amazing to me is how for about 4 years my daughter just *knew* what she should not eat— as many sesame seeds are slapped on breads, buns, etc she managed to never eat one! It wasn’t until a sesame seed was presented in a different way (and color, too, it was black not yellow) that she had a second exposure. I haven’t encountered many other kids with a sesame allergy, and my 9 year old finds it strangely comforting to know that she is not alone.
We are going to retest in a couple of years and see where things stand, though I expect her allergies will still be present since they were fairly significant.
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I just made this and it is awesome! Really tastes like pizza, I can’t believe it! I have never made good plain hummus at home, so this gives me hope, and I’m going to try your other hummus recipes. Thanks!
Sooo glad to hear it. I hope you like the other one
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This is the second recipe I’ve seen based on Katie’s hummus this week! I’m starting to crave pizza, lol! Thanks for linking at H2W!
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You’re welcome. This is a good one
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This looks great, and I usually don’t like hummus, but I think I would like this. I’ll have to try it.
There have been some pretty complimentary comments. I’d try it if I were you. And my other hummus as well. It might be the tahini you don’t like
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this recipe looks fantastic! I was wondering if you used fresh or dried basil and oregano?
I used dried. If you use fresh, use 3-4 times as much!
This looks really great. Might even be a way to get the little people on board with hummus (how have I not managed that yet?!). Thanks so much for sharing!
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Hope you all like it!
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wow that looks sooo yummy!
I hope you like it.
YUM!!!!! I made a third of this recipe (because I haven’t been thrilled with other hummus I’ve tried in the past) and it is SO, so very good! I am dairy free right now and don’t have nutritional yeast, so I just didn’t put any “cheesy” flavors in and it is still yummy. I also didn’t have tomato paste, so I just cooked down some tomato sauce until it was pasty and that worked fine (no car today and didn’t want to wait until tonight!). So anyway, hope that helps others who had questions about the yeast or who don’t have tomato paste
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Oh, also I am eating it on homemade garlic basil crackers. I highly recommend that combination of spices in whatever homemade cracker recipe you already use!
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That sounds great! Do you have a recipe on your site?
Great tips! Thanks! Maybe we’ll need to try it your way! I love how you can sub 1 tomato product for another. I should write a post about that!
Adrienne, I don’t have a recipe on my site, but I use the one at Kitchen Stewardship (http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/02/05/finer-things-friday-homemade-cracker-recipe-at-long-last/). I omitted the honey and vanilla to make a savory cracker and added 1/2 teaspoon basil and probably 1/2 or 1 teaspoon garlic powder. (It spilled, so I’m not really sure
) Also, I used olive oil instead of butter and half white flour because I don’t always like an entirely wheat cracker.
Yes, I would love to read a post about subbing tomato products! Especially if you’ve ever tried converting diced tomatoes into tomato sauce
(Probably just blending and boiling down, but I’ve never tried it.)
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Thanks for the recipe. Katie’s a good friend. I love homemade crackers and have a grain free one I am working on to share soon.
Tried it — LOVED it! I’m not a hummus lover, but this imaginative recipe tastes amazing. Thank you!