After the last week of preparing for Valentine's Day, baking sweet treats and snacking on candy, I was more than ready for a healthy (and savory) snack. Along came roasted beet hummus. Vibrantly colorful, packed with flavor and pretty good for you too!
{photos by Freutcake}
Roasted Beet Hummus
makes about 2 ½ cups
3 large beets, scrubbed clean, roasted, peeled, and cubed
1 15oz can garbanzo beans rinsed and drained
6 Tbsp tahini sauce (I use Trader Joes)
5 Tbsp lemon juice
2 small clove garlic, chopped
2 tsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp lemon zest
Sea salt to taste
Fresh ground pepper to taste
2 Tbsp olive oil
Wrap the beets in foil and roast at 350ºF for an hour, or until fork tender. Cool, peel and dice into cubes. Place all ingredients except for the olive oil into the bowl of a food processor and purée, pouring the olive oil in through the feed tube as it blends, until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning (salt, pepper, lemon juice, cumin) as you need to.
Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 4 days before serving. Makes about 2 ½ cups. * Drizzle with olive oil and serve with whole wheat pita bread.
Jacquelyn | lark&linen says
This sounds absurdly good! And the colour is unreal. Thanks for the recipe miss!
freutcake says
It really is tasty! If you are a beet lover, like me, then you will adore this hummus!
Victoria | Haute says
This looks soooooo delicious!!! My mouth is literally watering!
freutcake says
I take a watering mouth as a high compliment! 😉
Two Chums says
So beautiful to look at and I will be making (and tasting) this tonight!
freutcake says
Let me know what you think!
Ana Maria / Anamu says
oh my word that is beautiful. i've never even heard of beet hummus! pinning this o "in my belly" immediately.
freutcake says
It really is a gorgeous color! Thanks for pinning it. 😉
Annemarie @ Brunch at Saks says
Hi Leah 🙂 Found you via your guest post on Jacquelyn's blog and so happy I did because yours is lovely! This beet hummus looks so yummy and beautiful! Can't wait to read more.
PS. Your gooey lemon bars have me going crazy! Bookmarking them now 🙂
freutcake says
Annemarie- the feeling is mutual! I am so glad you found me, and in turn I found you! p.s. those lemon bars haunt my dreams...they are that good.
Kirsten @ Triple Max Tons says
This is so funny that you should post about this....I have been seeing beets EVERYWHERE lately. I even tried an ice cream made from them last week. Just in case you are wondering how it tasted....just like you think. Milky beets. 🙂
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I could quite happily eat this for dinner. Sitting on the couch in my pj's watching tv haha 🙂
Anna - Canoe Design says
Thank you thank you thank you!
I made this over the weekend and it was totally amazing! Such a nice adaptation on standard humous. LOVE!
Really enjoy your blog, thank you for all the inspiration!
freutcake says
Yay! Thank you so much Anna for coming back and letting me know how it turned out! I'm glad you liked it as much as I did. xo-Leah