personally, i find that my diet of deep fried oreos dipped in hot fudge and smothered on peanut butter mounds is quite healthful.... i tend to only eat things like hummus when i eat all the left over crumbs from between my rolls...

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LT has an orange one, with white hybiscus on it. She hates it but I think it's ...



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I thought it said "mumu's"

Sorry.

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Great. Now I'm hungry for hummus. Gots to go have me sum ah dat.

but you can make it without the fat, at home I don't think anyone would make hummus with 48% fat???? and its still good...
how can humus start such an argument? what is the point? and I ended up thinking about this argument when eating it yesterday--not cool!
so now some happy hummus talk-I like red pepper hummus, olive hummus, plain old hummus, chili hummus, jalapeno hummus, garlic hummus and artichoke hummus. Avocado hummus sounded good, but just tastes like guacamole, which is good too. I like it on crackers, carrots, pasta, pita, and my finger.
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i think the point is that 1 tbsp of hummus every once and a while can be part of a healthy livestyle but eating a tub of the stuff is bad... so what if theyre 'good' fats.. too much of anything is never 'good'... even drinking too much water can kill you!

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Wow. The hummus thread remains on page 1 of the newbie forum.

Must admit I've never before seen hummus referred to as "bad" or "a treat." Hummus is a staple of middle eastern, mediterranean, and north african diets. And I'll pre-empt any argument that quarter pounders are a staple of american diets by saying there is no nutritional or historical comparison between hummus and the quarter pounder.

The primary ingredient in all hummus recipes and brands should be garbanzo beans (chick peas). I happen to have a can right here in front of me: a 1/2 cup serving contains 2 grams of fat, or 3% of a daily value and 9 grams of fiber, or 36% of a daily value. The sodium is high - 21% of your daily intake. This is why you should always drain and thoroughly rinse any type of bean before eating it. Add a small amount of kosher salt to a hummus recipe - remove the salt from the canned beans.

I have ordered hummus in restaurants that is, admittedly, too oily. This hummus is usually very thin. Too much tahini may also be the culprit. Tahini is a smoothed sesame seeds that is rich in unsaturated fats Hummus should be thick like a paste.

As Joan Benoit Samuelson says in her book Running for Women, "beans are a nutritional powerhouse, and those at the very top of the list include soybeans, pinto beans, chickpeas (garbanzos and ceci) and lentils."



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Of course Hummus is healthy! Here's my recipe:

Pesto Hummus

Ingredients

• One Can Garbanzo beans
• 2-3 Cloves of Garlic-minced
• 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 2 Tbsp Tahini (sesame seed paste)
• Salt to Taste
• ½ Cup Pesto Sauce (jarred or homemade- see below)

Pesto Sauce:

• One handful of basil
• 1/3 Cup Toasted Pine Nuts (sauté over stove top w/olive oil until golden brown)
• ¼ cup Olive Oil
• Salt to Taste

Boil Garbanzo Beans for 30 minutes. Drain (leave a little water) When beans are soft, mix in all ingredients in the pot. Scoop into blender. Blend until pureed.