Hummus!

The other afternoon Matt came up to see me at home and we ran a few errands, after which we were both starving. I had a little bit of the grilled polenta left and wanted to heat that up for him since he's such a HUGE fan, but I wanted to also have something to go with it. I decided to whip up some more sauteed zucchini to top the polenta, and then went a step further and decided it was the right time to try my hand at super-fast blender hummus. Both things turned out SO WELL!

I chopped up the zucchini into slices and coated it with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then I sauteed minced garlic, threw in the zucchini, and cooked it with the cover on, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini is tender. Done!

Now for the hummus...

I threw into the blender two cans of chick peas, added some olive oil and the juice and pulp of one lemon (I basically squeezed the shit of a halved lemon right over the blender), and then tossed in salt, pepper, garlic powder, and some chili powder. I blended until it was fairly smooth, though still a tad chunky, and dished it up. It was mucho delicioso! This seems like such a friendly side-dish because not only is it good for you but it's real freakin' fast and you can add pretty much whatever you want to jazz it up!

All of this I served atop rebaked polenta cakes and ate some of the hummus with tortilla chips and I'll declare it a well-rounded success!