If you don't like tahini in your hummus or don't have any at hand then some of these suggestions may help. Tahini is essentially sesame seed butter, so sunflower seed butter, almond butter, peanut butter or pretty much any other nut butter can be used instead. The consistency will be the same, but the flavour will be a little different.
Another trick is to use a mixture of chickpea flour (besan) and olive oil as a replacement for tahini, or use sesame oil instead.
May 01
Hummus is one of those dishes that shouldn’t really need any improvements made to it, however it does have a fatal flaw in that it is quite high in calories, but delicious at the same time. I haven’t found anyone yet that can stop eating it after just 2 tablespoons i.e. the recommend serving size. …
