The CookingBites Recipe Challenge: Tahini

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Brussels Sprouts Salad with Tahini Lime Dressing. I really love this salad. It’s been a long time since I’ve said that about something I’ve prepared. My only regret is I made too large a preparation. I wanted to use the dressing for something else.

I will definitely make it again, maybe tomorrow. It’s a beautiful salad, with brussels sprouts, Granny Smith apples, carrots, and red bell peppers. I went heavy on the tahini and lime juice, with garlic and an extra special Berber chaser.

And, it is a simple preparation. I decided to spiralize the apple, and decided at the last minute not to add corn.

That’s practically the recipe right there. Ha...just remembered that I forgot to add the recipe link! It's there now.
 
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TastyReuben said:
Not for the contest, because it's just hummus, but sticking a pic here because it's got tahini in it:

Yer Basic Hummus

Yer Basic Hummus

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I have been making Hummus every week. G took some to the lake. Step Son had to have the recipe. I brought some to Sister - recipe requested. Mom, Brother and Niece had some - recipe requested. G brought a small container with him on two fishing trips with friends - they both had to have the recipe. I can not believe that I have lived this long without making my own Hummus.
 
ElizabethB said:
I have been making Hummus every week. G took some to the lake. Step Son had to have the recipe. I brought some to Sister - recipe requested. Mom, Brother and Niece had some - recipe requested. G brought a small container with him on two fishing trips with friends - they both had to have the recipe. I can not believe that I have lived this long without making my own Hummus.
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My wife loves that stuff, she'd eat it every day. Me...I'm very ambivalent about it. I don't hate it, but I don't get all the raving about it, either.

Maybe because around here, I still think of it as a food fad. There was no hummus here when I was a kid, or a teen, or a young adult, or a proper adult.

Then, one day about 15 years ago, everybody started talking about hummus, and it was always in a condescending tone, "You mean you've never had hummus? Oh, what's wrong with you?!?! I simply adore hummus!" - and the first time they had it was the week before when they were similarly shamed by someone else. :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
My wife loves that stuff, she'd eat it every day. Me...I'm very ambivalent about it. I don't hate it, but I don't get all the raving about it, either.

Maybe because around here, I still think of it as a food fad. There was no hummus here when I was a kid, or a teen, or a young adult, or a proper adult.

Then, one day about 15 years ago, everybody started talking about hummus, and it was always in a condescending tone, "You mean you've never had hummus? Oh, what's wrong with you?!?! I simply adore hummus!" - and the first time they had it was the week before when they were similarly shamed by someone else. :laugh:
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Try making your own and adding a ton of roasted garlic OMG yum. If it doesn't win you over, at least your wife will be pleased.
 
ElizabethB said:
I have been making Hummus every week. G took some to the lake. Step Son had to have the recipe. I brought some to Sister - recipe requested. Mom, Brother and Niece had some - recipe requested. G brought a small container with him on two fishing trips with friends - they both had to have the recipe. I can not believe that I have lived this long without making my own Hummus.
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I've only just got into it as well from daughter being here. Pumpkin one is amazing.

Russ
 
JASOH1 said:
Try making your own and adding a ton of roasted garlic OMG yum. If it doesn't win you over, at least your wife will be pleased.
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I've only ever had my own homemade hummus, or restaurant hummus, and I always double the garlic in any recipe that calls for garlic, so I think I'm already doing that.

I make it probably once a month, and I eat it, but I certainly don't flip over it.
 
It's the roasted garlic. It has that smooth, creamy texture that brings it to an extra dimension, and that lovely roasted garlic flavour. And I am talking about a LOT of garlic!!! Roasted garlic with olive oil and salt and some seasonings slathered on pita bread is heavenly by itself, but it really does make a difference with the hummus.
 
I have a couple ideas, and I will see what I end up making... It will be today or tomorrow.

I picked up two jars of tahini last Friday - one is the regular Lebanese tahini, and the other is a Harissa tahini. I'll cook my contribution with the regular, and if I've time to make a second... I'll think about the Harissa one. (I suspect I won't.)
 
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