Pizza Hummus – dairy & sesame free
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Do you love pizza and hummus? Then you are sure to love this Super Creamy Pizza Hummus. It’s not just the melding of two uber-popular comfort foods, but it’s sesame-free and dairy-free, making it great for almost anyone on a special diet too!
If you’ve been around my blog for a while, you already know that I like dips.
I mean, I really like dips.
Everything tastes better with a dip–don’t you agree?
I’m not a big fan of raw veggies, but give me something to dip them and suddenly the veggies start to disappear.
But dipping in the same ol’ dip can get a little boring sometimes, so you have to mix it up. That’s when I start thinking about what other dips I can create.
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Why You Should Make Homemade Hummus
My family loves hummus.
You wouldn’t know it by our grocery store receipts, however.
See, we’re kind of cheapskates frugal.
Basically, we never buy hummus. Ever.
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).
I’ve told you before that for years we really had to watch our pennies (and dimes, and nickels). Money was really tight and well, I always lived by the rule that you have to have savings in the bank and prepare for the future, so I worked hard to make sure we never went in debt.
So buying things anything prepared that wasn’t discounted in a major way didn’t happen. This is the reason why there are recipes like DIY Coconut Milk, Chocolate Chips, Rice Milk and Coconut Butter on my blog. You know–that frugal thing!
I LOVE making things instead of buying them, and when you’ve got an amazing 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.
How This Pizza Hummus Came to Be
Recently, I saw a recipe online for a and thought I needed to make something like it, but we really felt we needed to change up the recipe quite a bit. Until we were saying “Yummmmmmm” when we ate it.
This recipe is “it.”
The pizza part of this hummus is really fun for us. Our oldest has a life-threatening allergy to dairy (and he avoids gluten) so he’d never had store-bought pizza. I developed this recipe before gluten-free pizza was readily available anywhere.
And making pizza can be a little bit of a daunting task for this busy mom.
But a dairy-free pizza dip? That is something this busy mom can pull off!
I changed the recipe quite a bit, and we LOVE the final result.
In fact, when I first made it, I made it twice in one week.
And the second batch disappeared as fast as the first.
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 and that I could just make this instead. He was sort of joking, of course, but it is a pretty yummy recipe.
The next time your family is craving pizza and asking for takeout, save yourself some dough, grab yourself some garbanzo beans, and try this dip out.
OK so maybe I’m being a little too optimistic that this will satisfy your pizza cravings, but you never know!
A Truly Allergy-friendly Hummus Recipe
One thing that is special about this hummus and the other hummus recipes on my blog 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 tahini is refreshingly light and we’ve heard the same from others who have tried these as well. (My son also is deathly allergic to sesame, which is why I started making hummus without it.)
And of course, as I mentioned above, despite the name “pizza”, this hummus is dairy-free as well. This dip gets its cheesy flavor from nutritional yeast, something that we quickly learned about after we discovered that our oldest had a life-threatening allergy to dairy.
Nutritional Yeast is a dairy-free yeast that isn’t live (i.e. you can’t make bread with it) and it is chock full of B vitamins naturally.
I’d love to hear what you think about this dip!
Serving Ideas
This hummus is great as a dip, on top of rice, or inside a wrap. It would be great in these Buckwheat Crepes or with this Focaccia Flax Bread.
Or…by the spoonful!
You can even eat hummus as a side dish. It goes great with so many things: beef, chicken, fish, and even egg dishes!
More Healthy Dips and Spreads
Here are some of our family’s favorite healthy dips.
Savory Hummus (a great twist on a traditional favorite)
Zesty Bean Dip (everyone asks for the recipe whenever we share this)
Avocado Dressing / Dip (another one that always gets rave reviews)
Olive Hummus
Almond Butter Fruit Dip
Vegan Ranch Dressing / Dip
Healthy Chocolate Fruit Dip
Recipe Notes
- Nutritional Yeast Information: Nutritional yeast adds a super punch of protein and B-vitamins and iron, and if you get a supplemented version like this one, it also supplies B12, something that vegans typically lack in their diets. However, if you have MTHFR, you might wish to avoid this. As such, we purchase and use a non-fortified version like this one.
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 with including nutritional yeast in our diet. I hope to share more about this in the near future. - Red Pepper Spice Factor: My family thinks 1 tablespoon 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 whether it’s spicy or not.
- Other Bean Options: I haven’t tried this yet, but I think you could make this with any bean, but white ones, like navy, would adapt the best.
- Cheese Option: I haven’t tried this yet either, but if you like, you could use a regular dairy cheese (like some parmesan or mozzarella, or a mix of both) and I think it would taste great.
- De-Gassing Your Hummus: Please de gas the garbanzo beans – read How to De-Gas Beans.
- Garlic Peeling Tip: For tips on peeling garlic, see The Easiest Way to Peel Garlic.
Pizza Hummus–dairy and sesame free
Ingredients
- 3 cups garbanzo beans
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 3 3/4 teaspoons basil (dried)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon crushed red peppers (or to taste)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
- 3/4 cup tomato paste
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in a food processor, or high-powered blender.
- Process/blend until the texture is smooth or somewhat chunky, as desired.
- Serve at room temperature, or chilled.
- Store in fridge.
Notes
- Nutritional Yeast Information: Nutritional yeast adds a super punch of protein and B-vitamins and iron, and if you get a supplemented version like this one, it also supplies B12, something that vegans typically lack in their diets. However, if you have MTHFR, you might wish to avoid this. As such, we purchase and use a non fortified version like this one.
- 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.
Nutrition
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How do you like to eat your hummus?
Thanks for the tips on how to de-gas the beans! it’s one of the main reasons I avoid eating as much hummus as I would like. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
You are so welcome. It’s been a HUGE help for us. We currently are using fennel and ginger most of the time. Hope you like it!
My family is all about hummus… and pizza! I can’t wait to make this for them, it looks amazing!
I hope you all like it!!
I’m a huge hummus lover but have never tried a version with tomato paste! So unique, cannot wait to try it!
Thank and I so hope you like it!
This looks so good, I bet my family would love this!
Hi Heather! I hope they do! Do let me know if you all try it!
I love pizza and I love hummus! The fact you put them together is genius!!
Thank you! We totally agree and hope you like this!!
This was delicious! All of the yummy flavors of pizza without the yucky feeling afterwards. Thanks!
So glad you liked it!!
This was fabulous tasting and super easy to make! It is definitely going into regular rotation when I have to make a snack or an appetizer to bring somewhere. Also (most importantly) kid tested and approved!
Thanks so much, Sue! So glad you liked it. We haven’t made it in awhile–time to remedy that :).
I just made this and loved it! My husband and 3 year old liked it as well
So great! Thanks for coming back to share–we haven’t made this in awhile and it’s been too long!
To make hummus really creamy: de-skin garbanzo beans them before blending.
This dip is so good! I ate this with Ritz crackers and it tastes just like a pizza combos.
Ooh what a fun idea! You’re right – it’s been a loooong time since I had those but the taste is the same! Much better for you too!
This was good!!
So glad you enjoyed it. We made the regular hummus just this week :)!
Oh that looks good and something that would be a childhood favorite.
Hope you enjoy it if you try it!
Oops. I just used instant yeast instead. Will this rise now and not taste good?
Whoa! That should be interesting. I’m betting you won’t want to eat it but try and let me know. So sorry!!
This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it, we are definitely trying this for lunch this week. 🙂
Hope you like it!
I have a severe intolerance to olives. Do you think I can substitute the olive oil with avocado oil?
Yes, you could for sure do that. Enjoy!
Found your website a few days ago and I am trying one recipe after another (smiles). This one is FABULOUS! Although, I should have looked at the ‘yield’ before I made it because it is just me eating it. Even as much as I love it, I am not sure I can (or should lol) eat it all before it goes bad. How long does it keep in the fridge; and can you freeze it?
You can freeze it but might need to add more oil before serving. The texture will be a little different. I can’t say how long it lasts – that would depend on a lot of factors, but I haven’t had it go bad too quickly.
This sounds really good – but I have to chuckle at the “3 3/4 tsp basil” as if rounding up to 4 would ruin the end result. Just strikes me funny. Can’t wait to try it.
It is a little funny – it’s b/c I make a LOT of hummus at one time and my large food processor holds twice the amt that I made the recipe for. 7.5 tsp is the amt we all agreed tasted the best, so I cut it in half :). I’m sure it wouldn’t make much of a difference though.
If you are on a candida diet, can you have eat nutritional yeast, as this recipe calls for?
From my research it is fine. Some say no if you have really bad sensitivity.
This is my favorite hummus now! Goodbye, Costco hummus! Thank you so much, Whole New Mom!
I know…much better than Costco—did you try my plain version? We love that too!
Adrienne, this looks delicious! I LOVE hummus, but my kids not so much… and I have freshly soaked and pre-cooked white beans in the freezer that hubs has recently requested NOT to include in soup anymore (not a fan of the taste). I’ll be making this dip this week for lunches, with the white beans. Thanks for the idea!
PLEAAASE let me know what you think! Hope you like it!