- By Milla Ezman
- May 12, 2019
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- Edited by Jisselle Regis
Cucumber & Herbs Hummus recipe
A chickpea or garbanzo bean both refer to a plant in the legume category with the scientific name Cicer arietinum.
Because chickpeas have been eaten in the Middle East for almost 10,000 years, they’ve shared different names across many cultures. Garbanzo happens to be the Spanish term while chickpea is the common English term.
Smooth or Gritty?
The secret to really smooth hummus is to peel off the skin of the garbanzo beans. But I always used my nutribullet to make it and the hummus can be as smooth as you want it to be using it.
Cucumber & Herbs HUMMUS Recipe:
Fresh, nutritious and delicious dip for your veggies!
- 1 cup cooked Chickpeas
- 1/2 large English Cucumber
- 1/2 Avocado
- 1/4 cup fresh Chives chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh Dill Weed chopped
- 1/4 peeled Lemon (seeds removed)
- 1 slice of Lemon with the peel on
- 1 Tbsp dried Nettle leaf
- 1-3 cloves of Garlic
- 1 tsp Herbal Gomasio (optional)
- 1/2-1 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
- 2-3 strings of fresh Thyme (optional)
- fresh Rosemary to taste (optional)
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Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or a blender and process until smooth. Add more lime juice and salt, if desired. May make ahead and refrigerate overnight before serving.
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Enjoy with veggies!
Herbal Gomasio is optional, so if you don't have it, you can add any other herbs and spices to your taste.
Glyphosate in Organic Chickpea
There has been questions about chickpea, if it’s possible to get clean ones if one buys organic.
There are opinions, speculations and observations from a handful of samples that were tested by CFIA to allow a partial glimpse on the topic.
The test results are not very promising for North American residents. They tested organic and conventional chickpeas from US and Europe. Apparently the conventional chickpeas from Europe contains 10 times less glyphosate than the organically grown from the US!
So if you live in the states and are lucky to buy chickpeas from Europe, whether they are organic or not, they’ll be clean, But if you purchasing organically grown in USA, there is always a chance you will be exposed to glyphosate.
For that reason and because our diet is generally very low on legumes I do not make this Cucumber and Herbs Hummus often.
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NutriBullet 12-Piece High-Speed Blender with miller attachment to grind herbs, even roots!
not sure what I would do without this blender! bought this 4 years ago and its been used at least once a day, but most days multiple times. It’s SO easy to clean and use! If it breaks, I will buy another just like this one! Hope they won’t discontinue!
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