Hummus not only amps your your sandwich, but it also has a lot of health benefits that mayonnaise and mustard do not have. Hummus is a great source of protein, healthy fats, and calcium.
In addition, hummus can help with weight loss and disease prevention. Hummus is a healthy alternative to your usual chip dip. Stick with pita chips for a Mediterranean-inspired snack, but all chips will taste better dipped in hummus.
Perhaps your new favorite comfort food? Replace sour cream with hummus when making mashed potatoes for more flavor and fewer calories. Easier and healthier than traditional deviled eggs, hummus deviled eggs are a twist on the classic potluck dish. Israelis include hummus in daily meals because the ingredients follow Kashrut, or Jewish dietary laws that can also be included with dairy and meat meals. Because it is so popular in Israel, the people have designated it as a national food symbol and even eat more hummus than all the Arab countries combined.
People in the U. Instead of consuming fatty dips and spreads full of mayonnaise, health-conscious people are opting for hummus when dining out at ethnic restaurants serving Middle Eastern dishes.
It's also got some impressive health perks, too. The dip is packed with protein and other nutrients, like magnesium, iron, and fiber, according to dietitian Maggie Michalczyk , RD. You can thank the humble chickpea for those benefits.
Honestly, though, every traditional component of this tasty spread brings something to the table. Not to mention, chickpeas are a seriously affordable protein source, making hummus a cost-efficient and nutritious staple for vegetarians, vegans , and omnivores alike.
It's also pretty easy to make your own: All you need is a can of chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, tahini, and olive oil. Just add your ingredients to a food processor and you'll have fresh hummus in minutes, Michalczyk says. Don't limit your hummus consumption to just chips or carrot sticks, though. Here's what else to eat with hummus, according to a few super-creative nutritionists. Make your salad thick and creamy, instead of drenched in sauces and oils, with a hummus dressing.
The final result will have the flavors of hummus. Roasted veggie sandwiches can get notoriously messy, but hummus helps it all stay put, while adding a protein-packed base. Instead of that avocado toast for brunch, make a hummus toast.
Instead, it is better thought of as one of a number of broadly Levantine sauces zhoug, tahini, tzatziki, harissa , which — when the flat bread is thin enough and its contents juicy enough that this will not become a stodgy slog — can add a further layer of flavour complexity to a sandwich.
However, the idea of adding often claggy, chunky hummus to a thick, sliced bread sandwich of turkey or chicken how dry would that be? That is a wad of mush that you will start eating at lunch and still be chewing at tea time. There is a lot going on in hummus, it is, variously, creamy, nutty, lemony, garlicky, savoury, salty perhaps too salty. Therefore, it is essential to choose dipping implements that offer either a a neutral carbohydrate base for the hummus or b a clearly complementary flavour to it sweet carrots being a prime example.
Ideally, you should have a varied selection of these available every time you eat hummus. Dysfunctional dippers : any fried vegetable that layer of greasiness is just unwelcome ; tortilla chips or, indeed, any crisps frequently too salty, if not seasoned with jarring lime, etc ; battered fish goujons a bizarre textural car-crash ; grilled halloumi fingers; woolly, buttered sliced white toast unless you are a child under the age of seven ; tomatoes impractical ; radishes too overtly peppery.
HTE enjoys the cooling effect of fridge-cold hummus, while acknowledging that room-temperature is preferable if you want its flavours to shine. Warm hummus is a different matter altogether. In its texture, warm hummus ranges from something that recalls lumpy porridge to a silken soup. It conspicuously lacks the smooth, reassuring density of cold hummus that we Brits have come to love.
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