Summer Time!

And so summer begins here in Florida. The temperature keeps going up, up, up. Unfortunately it is still dry, dry, dry. Lawns are giving was to sand pits. But the rainy season will be here again soon and everything will be growing out of control before we know it. The afternoon thunder storm that coincides with tea time everyday right on schedule. I can't wait. But until then we have to contend with water restrictions and to water the grass, garden, flowers, bushes, trees or what ever else you have that is wilting. Even though almost everything is dieing we still had some wild flowers pop up. I'm not sure what kind they are but they are very pretty.

The other day I found Tahiti sauce to make hummus with. I tried to make it without this ingredient but it didn't taste like the store bought hummus. The hummus recipe is fairly easy. I just have to adjust the amounts a bit.

HUMMUS:

1 16 oz can of chick peas (also called garbanzo beans)

reserved liquid from the can of peas

2 gloves of roasted garlic (I tried it with 3 unroasted and it was way too much)

2 tbs lemon juice

1tbs  Tahiti sauce

2tbs light olive oil (the virgin is too strong and overwhelms it.)

spices ( I used dried garlic,chili powder,salt,to taste.)

Put everything in a food processor or blender and chop,chop chop. Add some of the reserved liquid from the can and olive oil as needed to make smooth. Placed well mixed and chopped ingredients in a bowl.

Make a well in the center and fill with more olive oil. Then garnish with paprika and parsley flakes. I also added clamata olives diced up. You could put pine nuts, roasted peppers or what ever you like. It's not even half of what the store bought stuff is.