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My food friend...hummus

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Diabeticliberty said:
I don't hate it at all. I once got a crack in the brickwork in my garden shed. For the life of me I couldn't get anything to point it with that seemed it might do the job. I filled it with hummus and it has never moved since. Even the ants and spiders and bugs of various shapes and sizes do not now frequent my shed cos they can't stand the taste either. It is far cheaper and longer living than anything you can buy in a hardware store
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Oh my 😱😱😱 !

I love hummus - lovely as a dip with carrot, celery, whatever you like... and I love Marmite too, which I sometimes spread on toast soldiers to have with boiled eggies...yummy 🙂
 
DeusXM said:
I can't imagine Iceland doing a good one.
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Trust me they don't 🙂 the contents reminded me of my babys nappy 20yrs ago Yuck
 
Hold everything folks. I was talking to a client today and his wife is an international award winning chef. She offered me a most excellent plan for hummus. Apparently you wrap about a pound in weight of hummus, balsamic vinegar and just a pinch of thyme in 4 sheets of wet newspaper. Put the whole affair into an oven on very low heat and keep a very close eye on it. The whole thing will take time to prepare but when the newspaper starts to burn then the thing is ready. Open a bottle of medium white wine and pour a large snifter. Remove the paper and contents from the oven tear open the newspaper and put the contents in a pedal bin. Eat the newspaper and enjoy the wine 😛
 
I love hummus and add it to veg and salad for a low carb easy meal. I have noticed there are so many types and now going to try the avocado and mint ones as I didn't know they had less carbs. A visit to Tescos later I think.
 
I'm now a humous lover, usually with celery sticks, carrots n stuff. Take a reduced fat snack size, from Tesco, to work often...Oh my God! What am I turning into? LMAO
 
New-journey said:
I love hummus and add it to veg and salad for a low carb easy meal. I have noticed there are so many types and now going to try the avocado and mint ones as I didn't know they had less carbs. A visit to Tescos later I think.
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Forget the fact that its lower carb - it's even nicer than the normal hummus from my point of view!
 
I like chickpeas but not hummous. Is that weird? And don't even get me started in avocado!😱
 
Mark Parrott said:
I like chickpeas but not hummous. Is that weird? And don't even get me started in avocado!😱
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Avocado - yuck! 😱 A pear that tastes nothing like a pear! 😱 :(

I actually remembered to look at the hummus in Tescos this morning, but couldn't decide on a flavour. I was also put off by the fact that it all had a 'use by' date of 4th June - doubt whether I would actually eat it by tomorrow. Does it always have such a short shelf-life? I was expecting weeks, not hours! 😱
 
Mark Parrott said:
I like chickpeas but not hummous. Is that weird? And don't even get me started in avocado!😱
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I don't think that's weird at all, I love liver sausage and liver pate but liver yerk.
 
Matt Cycle said:
Just try a plain one to begin with to see if you like it. It's made from chickpeas, tahini (sesame seed paste), garlic, oil and lemon juice with a bit of salt - ground up into a smooth dip. Tesco did a chunky one - not ground up as much - very nice.

I tried making some once - fairly simple you would think but I must have got quantities wrong and made a right hash of it. 🙄
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I bought one of those nutrabullet things, and made humous in that. Took seconds and was really nice. Asda do a caramelised onion humous
which is tasty
 
Pine Marten said:
Oh my 😱😱😱 !

I love hummus - lovely as a dip with carrot, celery, whatever you like... and I love Marmite too, which I sometimes spread on toast soldiers to have with boiled eggies...yummy 🙂
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Mmm. Haven't had marmite for years, last thing was marmite rice cakes- yuk really salty
 
Northerner said:
Avocado - yuck! 😱 A pear that tastes nothing like a pear! 😱 :(

I actually remembered to look at the hummus in Tescos this morning, but couldn't decide on a flavour. I was also put off by the fact that it all had a 'use by' date of 4th June - doubt whether I would actually eat it by tomorrow. Does it always have such a short shelf-life? I was expecting weeks, not hours! 😱
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That is not right, it should have at least four days, how disappointing but worth perservering as it is so delicious. But then I love avocado so may not be the best judge for you!
 
Love hummus, really need to get some more myself. My favourite is a smoked paprika one available at asda, makes an awesome meal with some carrot sticks or other small veggies for dipping.

If you like cooking I highly recommend trying to make some yourself, as there's nothing quite like freshly made. It isn't as simple as it looks though, and tasting during the making is key. It also has a fairly short shelf life, so don't make more than you can eat in a few days!

Oh, also, store bought hummus if unopened can keep for a couple of weeks it seems without seeming to go bad. But once opened needs to be consumed in a few days.
 
Koranai said:
Love hummus, really need to get some more myself. My favourite is a smoked paprika one available at asda, makes an awesome meal with some carrot sticks or other small veggies for dipping.

If you like cooking I highly recommend trying to make some yourself, as there's nothing quite like freshly made. It isn't as simple as it looks though, and tasting during the making is key. It also has a fairly short shelf life, so don't make more than you can eat in a few days!

Oh, also, store bought hummus if unopened can keep for a couple of weeks it seems without seeming to go bad. But once opened needs to be consumed in a few days.
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I'd have no trouble at all with the tasting part 🙂
 
MarkT said:
I'm now a humous lover, usually with celery sticks, carrots n stuff. Take a reduced fat snack size, from Tesco, to work often...Oh my God! What am I turning into? LMAO
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Worth noting the reduced fat version has 30% more carbs in it than regular....

Although with the quantities we're talking, we're only talking maybe 5-10g more.
 
robert@fm said:
I love blackcurrant squash, and apple squash, but I don't like blackcurrant and apple. 😱🙄o_O
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I was once at a friends house and had a rather ropey hypo. His missus had some Mr. Kipling Apple And Blackcurrant Tarts in the cupboard. They were absolutely fantastic. Every time I go round there now before I go in the house I inject about 9 bottles of insulin. Sadly however they now just kind of step over me as I lie on their living room carpet breathing my last 😱
 
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