Making Your Own Hummus

Ingredients to make hummus

Here is the recipe I use to make our own hummus. My wife loves to take this for her lunch. If you pair it with some Naan Bread, you have yourself a delicious meal.


What you need:

• 1/3 Cup of Tahini (follow this link for the easy recipe)
• 1 Can of Black beans
• 1 Can of Garbanzo beans
• 1/4 Cup Lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp. Salt (add more if desired)
• 1/2 tsp. Paprika
• 1/4 Cup Olive oil
• 1 TB Lipton's onion soup mix (Optional)(Follow the link to get the recipe)
• 1/4 Cup Parmesan cheese (Optional)
• Food Processor (note: if you do not have one, you can use a blender instead. Although, it will be a little more difficult making sure all the ingredients get blended smoothly)

Tahini Recipe



Ingredients for tahini

While there are a variety of uses for tahini, I usually just use it as a base in my hummus recipe. While you can spend $6.50 or more to get 16 ounces of if from the store, you can make your own and customize it to your taste. The recipe that follows is a basic tahini recipe and you can add other flavors to get the taste you desire. for just a fraction of the cost. As with my Lipton Onion Soup Mix recipe, I used items I got from the bulk bin at our grocery store (Winco). The cost of one pound of sesame seeds at Winco was $3.83. For this price,  you get a massive amount, since sesame seeds weight next to nothing. You can easily make this recipe 3 or more times. In addition, if you make your own hamburger buns, the sesame seeds make a great topper to them. Well, enough talk.


What you need:

• 4 Cups: Sesame seeds (toasted)
• 1/4 - 1/2 Cup: Olive oil

Lipton Onion Soup Mix Copycat Recipe

Here is a recipe for making Lipton Onion Soup Mix.

Lipton Onion Soup Mix

While you can always go to the store and spend anywhere from $1.50 to $3.00 for a few ounces of the original, this recipe can save you a bunch of money without sacrificing taste. I use this in my Chicken with Rice recipe and also in my hummus, soups, and dips, just to name a few.  Now, while there are many styles of this recipe out there, this is the one that I found that tastes the best .This makes quite a lot, so you'll need to store it in an airtight container. The following recipe was made using ingredients from the bulk bin of our supermarket.

Ingredients needed to make the mix (direct from the bulk bin)

What you need:

• 3/4 Cup: Minced onion (onion flakes)
• 1/3 Cup: Beef bullion
• 4 tsp: Onion Powder
• 1/4 tsp: Celery seeds (crushed)
• 1/4 tsp: Sugar  

 What to do:

• Add all the ingredients into a bowl

Ingredients before being mixed

• Mix using a whisk or your fingers

Ingredients after being mixed

• Transfer to a jar

Lipton Onion Soup Mix in a jar

Since the ingredients have a tendency to settle, be sure to give the jar a good shake before using.
Enjoy.