Today is posting day for Secret Recipe Club‘s Group C! Secret Recipe Club is a group of ardent food bloggers that are kept in line by some truly marvelous hosts: Camilla, Jane, Sarah, and the fabulous Group C host, Debbi. Each month the membership receives their assignments, we all lurk around our assigned blog, we bake or make some new delicious food, and then on posting day….(drum roll please)…we all post the results.
For August, I was assigned Chelsy at Mangia. I actually had been assigned Chelsy’s blog before in April 2013. I made up one of her fantastic desserts, Peach-Raspberry Crumble. There are plenty of sweet treats to be found on Mangia.
This time around, I wanted to make something else, something creamy and cool….something that would lend itself to sitting on the patio on a lazy late summer weekend. I found exactly what I wanted with her Guacamole Hummus.
Guacamole Hummus
slightly adapted from Mangia1 (15 oz.). can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1 small avocado
2 large cloves of garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, seeded, deveined and chopped
3 T. tahini
3 T. extra-virgin olive oil
juice of 1 small lime
¾ t. fine sea salt
½ t. chili powder
Optional garnishes: 1 large Roma tomato, jalapeno slices, chopped 1 small red onion, or chopped ¼ c. of freshly chopped cilantroCombine the garbanzo beans, avocado, garlic, jalapeno and tahini in a large food processor.
On the highest speed, slowly start to stream in the extra-virgin olive oil until the hummus reaches a smooth consistency. Add lime juice, sea salt, and chili powder.
Place in serving bowl and garnish.
The only change I made was to add a bit of chili powder and the jalapeno.
It just kind of hit me to throw in a jalapeno because I had just picked from the garden.
Chelsy suggests serving this dip with fresh veggies. I served mine with tortilla chips. 🙂 (It was also good in a pita with some freshly sliced tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden.)
Can I just say this is delicious? I don’t know that I will make regular guacamole ever again. (Well, I might be over-exaggerating there, but this stuff is marvelous and glorious.)
Really, I will make this again and again and again. Thank you, Chelsy!
Whoooooooa Nelly. This is my foodie dream come true. You know I love dip, right? And this is two of my favorites all in one. Am I still living on Earth? Cuz I can hear angels singing in harmony.
My thoughts exactly.
Oh hey, how does this do with discoloration? Do you have to put plastic wrap right against the surface of leftovers to keep them from turning brown, like with regular guacamole?
Well, that is a good question because it doesn’t really last that long. Seriously, mine discolored a bit but not like regular guacamole does.
Thanks for the shout-out! And what a great recipe. I will definitely have to give this a try. We love, love, love, love, love hummus.
Hope you do try it!
I’m sooooooo glad you chose this recipe! It’s one of my favorite hummus recipes ever! So delicious! Looks great!
I’m soooooooo glad I found it on your site. Thank you!!!!!
I like to throw in some avocados in my pureed chickpea too. It’s soooooooo delicious!
I’ve never done it before, but rest assured I will do it again.
I can totally see why this would be addictive. I must try this soon!
Totally addictive!
MMMM…. Guacamole….MMMMM….Hummus, two things I absolutely love, combined, genius!
I know, right? Genius!!!!
Oh wow. That’s the best of both worlds – hummus AND guacamole? I’m in! Can’t wait to make this.
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You must make this as soon as you are able!
This looks fabulous!!!!!!!
Fabulous, fantastic, glorious, marvelous, delicious……
You are giving me quite a craving or some hummus right about now! YUM!
Wait until you try this stuff. Then you will want guacamole hummus!
Way to mix my two favourite dips, thank you 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
The best of both worlds!
How interesting. I would never have thought of making hummus with avacado.
Chelsy made up a great recipe!
Ahh, the best of both worlds colliding! It’s been way too long since I’ve made either – looks so good.
Happy collision!
This soooooo works for me. I love hummus, but I developed an allergy late in life to it. Of all the weird things! I pinned this in a minute!
Wow. I would be so bummed if I couldn’t eat hummus!
So glad you tried this recipe and posted it. I’ve never been a hummus fan because I have always found it boring. However, this version does NOT look boring at all. I can see why you may never make “plain” hummus again. With this recipe, I might just give hummus another chance.
Definitely not boring.
I never thought to make hummus with avocado before! Really interesting idea, and this looks terrific. Really fun stuff — thanks.
So glad I got this recipe from SRC.
Combining two in one is such a fun idea and judging from your enthusiastic critics must have been tasty too!
There was a lot of enthusiasm with this post, wasn’t there.
We like guacamole and hummus so this sounds like the perfect mix! We could definitely imagine having it on the patio in summer! J+C
It’s definitely time to make some more this weekend.
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Thanks, Katerina.
Lovely! A Hummus without tahini (I don’t care for it) – I am pinning this to my Tailgating Tidbits board so we can have some during football games!
OK–hate to break it to you, but there is tahini in the recipe. But, by all means, try it without it and let me know.
I will!!
Looking for a dip to bring to Labor Day BBQ this weekend. WOW I do believe this is a marriage made in heaven. Guacamole and hummus my two favorite dips in one. Tried it first. Added fresh jalapeños from the garden and this disappeared before it could discolor. Didn’t have lime so used lemon. This is an awesome dip. 🙂
Yep, I swap out lime and lemon when needed. Thanks for stopping by and so glad you tried it and liked it.
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