Thursday, May 14, 2009

June July August 2009

Sorry about March, April& May! Book club was held - Deb had some Great Hummus- recipe to follow!

June: Loving Frank-Nancy Horan - Linda
July: Guide to the birds of East Africa-Nickolas Drayson-Katherine
August: People of the Book- Geraldine Brooks - Jen

Hummus - From Deb!

Yield: about 3 cups

 

2 cups cooked or canned chick-peas, drained (garbanzo beans)

2/3 cups tahini (sesame paste)

¾ cup lemon juice

2 garlic cloves, peeled

Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

¼ cup finely chopped scallions

Italian parsley leaves

 

1.   Place the chick-peas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a food processor and blend until smooth.  Stir in the scallions

2.   Pile into a small bowl and garnish with parsley leaves.  Serve with pita bread.

 

From The New York Times Cookbook, p. 23, by Craig Claiborne, c. 1990, Harper and Row, Publishers

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