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    Homemade Hummus For Health
    Homemade Hummus For Health
    Homemade Hummus For Health
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    Homemade Hummus For Health

    By Ellen Vincent

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    Making your own hummus is a great thing to do. The results you get are far better than the bought stuff from the supermarket. Fresh homemade hummus is in a class of its own. In addition to this, hummus is a really healthy thing to eat. All of the fats and oils in it are heart healthy and there is plenty of fibre to keep your gut healthy. The protein in hummus can even help you diet.
    You can make hummus really easily and it doesn’t take very much time. A blender or food processor helps but you don’t even need these especially if you are making a chunky style hummus. Learn the tricks to getting super smooth and fantastic tasting hummus that you just won’t want to stop eating. Once you start making your own hummus you won’t want to buy any from a shop ever again!
    There are lots of different types of hummus other than the usual plain ones. You can add lots of different ingredients to flavour your hummus and this book gives you lots of hummus versions for you to try. Hummus is made from chickpeas, but you don’t have to use them. There are exciting recipes using a different main ingredient such as black beans and even edamame beans. Even more are given in the book.
    If you find that you can’t eat some of the usual ingredients in normal hummus such has tahini, garlic or chickpeas don’t worry because there are lots of alternative recipes for you, where you can make fantastic hummus leaving the offending ingredients out.
    You might think that hummus is only a dip, but you would be very wrong. You can use hummus in everyday cooking. In fact you could eat hummus all day and every day if you wanted to. Hummus can be a fantastic flavour enhancer in many meals from soups to pasta. In the book you can find lots of recipes where hummus is used to give flavour, provide healthy thickening or healthy creaminess.
    Allergies are a worry with nuts and bean type products and as a result there are chapters to explain what to look out for, if you think you are allergic or have a food intolerance to normal hummus. Needless to say alternative recipes are given so that you can go on eating hummus without causing allergic reactions.
    If you like hummus then this is the book for you. You can learn how to make lots of different kinds of hummus together with the all-important spice mixes that go with them. Get the book, whiz up some hummus, sit down and relax. You deserve it!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEllen Vincent
    Release dateFeb 11, 2015
    ISBN9781311924568
    Homemade Hummus For Health
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    Ellen Vincent

    Ellen Vincent was brought up in Ghana but now lives in the UK. She is interested in all things that are natural. Ellen has noticed that many of the cosmetics and treatments that are available in the West contain lots of artificial ingredients and are often based on oils and substances made from petro-chemicals. After comparing them with the kinds of things that she used in Ghana she has found that the petro-chemical based ones can cause irritations and bad reactions as well as not being as good as natural based products. She now extensively makes her own cosmetics and only uses the best natural ingredients that she can find.Back in the old country coconut oil use is widespread and is used in cooking as well as to make body creams. She uses virgin coconut oil to cook with and uses it as the base for many of her skin and hair creams and oils. Ellen now produces a range of natural cosmetics that she sells in her local area in the UK under the name of 'Natural Revelations'. She hopes that she will be able to introduce these to Ghana at some stage together with all of the books that she has written on natural healthy living.Dealing with the outside of your body is fine but, to make the most of the creams and oils that you apply, you need to make sure that the foods that you eat are also doing their job. She is a big fan of green smoothies and makes sure that she has these every day. She feels invigorated after drinking them. You should look out for Ellen's books on green smoothies which include a volume that just contains ideas for recipes. She has built up her vast collection of green smoothie recipes by experimentation and following good practice.In the UK she came across apple cider vinegar and has found that this too is very useful when it comes to treating your skin and keeping your body healthy. She was so amazed by the many uses that can be found for apple cider vinegar that she wrote a book all about it. This too will soon be available through Smashwords.If you want to find out about how using a range of natural ingredients can be so good for your body and health, then you really should read Ellen's books. These are available in both electronic formats and as paperbacks. She is hoping to produce a book specifically for the care of Black hair and skin and as a result you should watch out for this when it is actually published in the near future.

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      Homemade Hummus For Health - Ellen Vincent

      Homemade Hummus For Health

      By Ellen Vincent

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2015 Ellen Vincent

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer and Terms of Use: The Author and Publisher has strived to be as accurate and complete as possible in the creation of this book, notwithstanding the fact that she does not warrant or represent at any time that the contents within are accurate due to the rapidly changing nature of science and medicine. While all attempts have been made to verify information provided in this publication, the Author and Publisher assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein. Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations are unintentional. In practical advice books, like anything else in life, there are no guarantees of any results obtained. Readers are cautioned to rely on their own judgment and seek professional medical advice about their individual circumstances and to act accordingly.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Hummus history

      How to eat hummus

      Simply hummus

      Simply spicy hummus

      Traditional hummus

      Add flavour to your hummus

      Hummus made from other beans

      You don’t need a food processor

      Freeze your extra hummus

      Diabetes and eating hummus

      Explaining all that gas and bloating

      Allergic reactions to hummus

      Irritable Bowel Syndrome

      Is hummus gluten free?

      How fattening is hummus?

      The hummus diet

      Cook with hummus

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Back to Contents

      Introduction

      Hummus is popular throughout the world and is often also identified with healthy Mediterranean cuisine. It has a variation in spelling and can often also be referred to as houmous. Despite the differences in spelling these dips are exactly the same.

      Despite the ingredients for hummus being few and the method of preparation relatively simple, actually getting the hummus to look and taste right is a bit of an art and quite difficult to do. As you prepare your hummus you need to take your time and think about what you are doing. There are some simple things that could make a difference to the success of your hummus. Cooking the chickpeas in the correct way for the recipe is a very important thing. You will get better results if you cook your own and use the cooking juices compared to using the canned version and water. Tahini has a tendency to separate out so you should make sure that you stir it well before use. Having the correct garnish can also make a lot of difference. You may need to search for some of the ingredients and make your own spice mixtures. When you are using food processors or blenders you will probably find that food processors will do a better job due to the fact that blenders may need extra liquid in the mix for the blades to get a grip on the ingredients. We have all had the situation where the blades of our blender whiz round but the ingredients just aren’t touched. Having said that, my blender seems to do a better job of pureeing the chickpeas than my food processor. When you use your food processor make sure that valuable ingredients such as garlic haven’t just been smeared up the sides of the processor jug and not combined with the rest of the ingredients. You may need to take time to scrape the ingredients on the side back down into the mix before continuing. Try to use ingredients at room temperature rather than straight from the refrigerator as they will mix together better. If you make a change to your method or ingredients make a note of what you have done, and in the end decide whether it has been an improvement or not. Try to change as few things as you can, at any one time, so that you know which change has actually affected the taste or consistency of your hummus. Above all, don’t be afraid the try out different things. You don’t have to slavishly follow the recipes given here. If you like more cumin in your hummus then you should make sure that you put it in. You are trying to impress your own taste buds after all.

      Although hummus is traditionally made from chickpeas, there are many alternative versions using other ingredients. Chickpeas belong

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