Once upon a time there was a little girl named Princess Kaitlyn. She lived in a beautiful castle by an enchanted forest, a magical lake, and a fantastically fun playground. Princess Kaitlyn loved to dance and twirl to any kind of music.
One day as she walked through the enchanted forest, she noticed the blue birds singing a wonderful melody. Upon reaching a grassy field filled with whipsy wheats and grain strands and mounds of light brown dirt, Princess Kaitlyn started to dance.
The blue birds enjoyed her dancing so much, that they continued to sing. Soon Princess Kaitlyn's friends Ferber the squirrel, Cookie Piepea the Bear, the boisterous butterflies and the jack rabbits joined her after hearing the wonderful bird songs. Princess Kaitlyn and her animal friends from the enchanted forest danced all day long stomping over the mounds of soft sand (like crushing chick peas for hummus) and twirling in and out of the wheat strands (pita chips).
Ingredients for Hummus- Chick peas (2 cans)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Tahini (sesame paste)
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 lemon juiced
- Ground cumin (~1 teaspoon)
- Pita chips cut into triangles
First, Princess Kaitlyn preheated the oven to 350 degrees and brushed her pita chips with olive oil to make them nice and crispy.
Next Princess Kaitlyn combined all the ingredients minus the pita chips into a food processor. (Cook's Illustrated recommends adding oil to well mixed tahini and adding it after everything else has been processed into a paste like texture.)
This is the tahini on top of the rest of the ingredients. Neither Princess Kaitlyn or mommy have used tahini before.
Princess Kaitlyn processed the hummus until it was nice and smooth. We tasted and added oil and lemon juice as needed until Princess Kaitlyn approved the final product.
Quick break for a mommy and Princess Kaitlyn photo!
Thumbs up mommy! The hummus passed Princess Kaitlyn's taste test.
Princess Kaitlyn's Hummus and Pita Chips.
Funny story... the pita chips didn't get crispy enough, so while Kaitlyn napped, mommy decided to put them back in the oven. Bad idea!! Mommy got distracted and forgot about them. Let's just say the turned very brown. Thankfully, we had some store bought pita chips in the pantry. Mommy just poured some of those on the baking sheet during nap time. Kaitlyn probably enjoyed those better anyway!
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