Between you and me, I’ve had a bit of a hummus addiction recently. There’s a company called Sabra that make a Hummus (Extra) in the U.K. and it is delicious! I usually scoop a dollop of the stuff out with an oven-baked falafel but I don’t know how much oil they add – probably quite a bit, because there’s even olive oil on the top with pine nuts.

I don’t want to be put off hummus and I know there are many variations of it around so I decided to try a beetroot hummus for my first go. Beetroot can be eaten raw or cooked  –  but for this recipe, I boiled the beetroot for 20 minutes as it makes it sweeter and diminishes its bitter taste. Beetroot is rich in fibre, vitamin A and C and folic acid. It also helps to lower blood pressure and cholesterol, so really adding some of this blood red vegetable into your diet will be great for a palette that’s not just green!

This is the perfect recipe when you have friends and family round and struggle to find any dips other than the packaged salsa, sour cream and questionable guacamole from a squeezy bottle.
All you need to do is grab some pitta bread and a few bits from Choithrams, Spinneys, Park’N’Shop, Waitrose (somewhere that’s going to have a good variety of groceries) and throw the ingredients into a blender, ready for your guests to arrive. Or you can always take them along to a friend’s house if you put the hummus in a Tupperware box! As always, this RYEcipe has less olive oil than most recipes out there and I use gluten-free pitta bread here.

Eid Mubarak my Fabulous Foodies!

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The Fabulous Foodie x