Yummus
Made my first attempt at hummus this evening. My husband and I had some extra pita bread (from some awesome chicken gyros he made the other night), so I figured this was a good opportunity. We don't make a habit of shopping at high-end grocery stores, so my first concern was not being able to find tahini at good ol' Wal-Mart. Naturally, it was nowhere to be found. No big deal; I had seen it made without tahini before...in fact, to be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure what tahini's role is when it comes to hummus. While at the store, we did pick up chickpeas, olive oil, and a jar of roasted red pepper (no marinade, just straight-up salt water). Concern #2 was the fact that we are without a food processor. Again, no biggie; the only reason I could foresee a food processor coming in handy for this was to drizzle olive oil through that little spout at the top, and a blender could be used the same way just as easily. The only problem was that our blender was in the di