Food find of the day!

[Laudanum]

You can spell it either way, doesn't matter which.

I use a can of chick peas, olive oil, lemon juice and a little salt. Sometimes I'll add a small blob of garlic puree, but not too much otherwise it ends up tasting like pure garlic. I'm afraid I don't measure stuff out so much, I start off with small amounts, and build it up, testing it along the way (yes I know that's greedy haha), until I get the right consistency/taste.

For the pesto one, I use a hand blender and mush up the chick peas, adding one generous teaspoon of pesto (about the only thing I measure out really), and then drizzle olive oil and keep blending until I get that creamy texture. Naturally adding lemon juice is going to alter that too, so I keep checking the flavour and such.

You can use tahini or olive oil to make it, but I prefer olive oil as it's not as fattening as tahini is. Using tahini will give it a nuttier taste though. I make the chili variety for my fella, although I don't touch that one as it's waaaaay too spicy for me. I nicknamed it Atomic Houmous, because I felt like my gob was on fire when I tried it.

I have to be careful with things as I'm diabetic, (hereditary type II) so I have learned how to make really tasty stuff and keep them healthier. I never fry anything, and I make a lot of dishes that follow a low GI rating.