I freakin’ love hummus. It hurts so bad. You know that lame quote “If you love something let it go, if it comes back to you…” That’s how I feel about eating AIP Hummus. Sorry, if you used that quotation on your MySpace in 2004; I don’t mean to offend. Internet memes are the new MySpace quote. I just feel like if we spent as much time and energy into volunteering or holding the door for a stranger as we did making memes, this world would really be a different place.
Speaking of good deeds, I walked by a homeless man last night. He asked me for money, but I didn’t have anything with me. He told me he takes credit cards. That made me chuckle, so I wanted to go get him a nice treat as a thank you. I went into a little vegan bakery next door and just gave them my memorized credit card number so I could purchase a couple muffins for the gentleman. I thought “I bet he would LOVE some fresh-baked muffins when he wakes up tomorrow morning.” I tracked him down in the parking lot of the gas station he was hanging out, and the following conversation ensued.
“Hi, sir. I bought you some muffins. There’s a chocolate and a blueberry.”
– “I don’t want your muffins.”
“But, I bought them just for you. They’re nice and fresh!”
– “I don’t like muffins. I don’t want muffins. I ain’t gonna eat your muffins.”
That reads like an innuendo, but it is not. Lesson learned: ask people what they want if you’re going to buy them food! I ended up handing them off to a couple valet guys that looked cold and bored. The irony is we ended up watching the Muffin Top episode of Seinfield an hour after this happened. SEE BELOW. I DIED. Life lessons, life lessons.
Rebecca: Are you the ones leaving the muffin pieces behind our shelter?
Elaine: You been enjoying them?
Rebecca: They’re just stumps.
Elaine: Well they’re perfectly edible.
Rebecca: Oh, so you just assume that the homeless will eat them, they’ll eat anything?
Mr. Lippman: No no, we just thought…
Rebecca: I know what you thought. They don’t have homes, they don’t have jobs, what do they need the top of a muffin for? They’re lucky to get the stumps.
Elaine: If the homeless don’t like them the homeless don’t have to eat them.
Rebecca: The homeless don’t like them.
Elaine: Fine.
Muffins and hummus have nothing to do with one another but dang it are they both delicious! This bean-free AIP hummus is missing tahini (which is a seed and not allowed in the elimination diet until reintroductions) so it’s not exactly like real hummus but I have served it to family at holidays with my AIP Taboulleh and everyone loved it just the same!
AIP Hummus
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Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 cups peeled and cubed white sweet potato
- 2–3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil (additional for thinning if desired)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
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Fit a steamer basket over a pot filled halfway with water. Place the cubed sweet potatoes in the basket. Cover and bring to a boil. Let steam for 10 minutes until the potato easily breaks apart with a fork. Reserve the cooking liquid.
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Place sweet potato, ¼ cup reserved cooking liquid, and remaining ingredients in food processor. Blend until pureed and completely smooth. You may thin with additional olive oil to your preference.
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Serve drizzled with olive oil, fresh parsley, and chopped vegetable crudite, or as a spread on AIP or Paleo sandwiches. Store covered in refrigerator and let come to room temperature before serving (It will solidify slightly in the fridge).
4 Responses
Finally getting to check this out since you switched it over at my request. Thank you again! I only have one source of white sweet potatoes and it’s a drive so I will have to make a mental note for next time I am there.
I love this . It works with the sweet potato flat bread that I cut into little squares. Delicous!!