Jalapeño-Paprika Hummus

Wow! Sorry about the hiatus, friends! Last few months were totally nuts! Finished my third year of college with flying colors, if I do say so myself. Even managed to snag a B in my dreaded Bacteriology class! Hallelujah! I also just celebrated my 21st birthday! My ID has been heavily scrutinized every time I've bought alcohol since the big day. I sweat a little bit whenever the cashier stares down my drivers license...despite there clearly being no issue in what I presented him/her. I guess that's what happens when you go 21 years of life not buying alcohol. Nevertheless I had a great time celebrating-went camping with friends and the boyfriend and drank lots of coconut Malibu and rum. I also baked some beer bread! And oh how delicious and legal it was ;) Plus I got to order a big 'ol margarita from the local mexican restaurant. What a great day...


Anyhow! Now that I've talked your ears off about my birthday, I've got to hurry up and get on my goal of 50 blog posts this year! What am I at? 7? 9? Pathetic. (Speaking of pathetic, sorry about these tupperware-ridden photos! I just wanted to get something posted!)


Despite these ugly pictures....this hummus is delicious!! Particularly if you like a sinus-clearing heat in your hummus like I do.

 This uber-dip has a fully-seeded jalapeño, garlic, and paprika for color and smoke. I omitted olive oil, as is usually used in hummus because, frankly, it was awesome without it. And who doesn't want to save a few fat calories? Especially in the midst of swimsuit season!

Like my chipped nail polish? I promise none of the chips got in the dip! (Ha ha!) 
I ate this straight out of the food processor with sugar snap peas and pita chips...you should eat it in any way that'll make you happy. Let me know if you come up with any great dippers! 


Servings: a whole lot!
Ingredients
1 can garbanzo beans
1 jalapeño (seeded, for the weak of mouth...just kidding!) 
2 cloves garlic
2 tbs tahini
~1 tsp paprika
~1/2 tsp cumin



Procedure
1. Throw all the ingredients into a food processor or blender and let that baby grind, grind, grind! You'll be amazed how yummy :)