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This recipe for homemade hummus with herbs not only tastes fantastic, it also includes three common herbs with plenty of good nutrition. It takes just a little time to whip up, and you probably already have the herbs that you need growing in your garden. (If not, they’re easy to find in the grocery store.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready to serve something different at your next party? Serve homemade hummus with herbs for a tasty\u2014and health-supporting\u2014treat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Homemade Hummus with Herbs for the Immune System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I developed the recipe for homemade hummus with herbs to support the immune system when I craved hummus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, that sounds strange, but hear me out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How this Homemade Hummus Recipe Came Into Existence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Last year, I made the oregano pesto recipe from Brittany Wood Nickerson’s excellent book, Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen<\/a>. I love that book for all the clever ways it infuses herbs into daily meals. If you haven’t purchased a copy, I’ve included a link, above and below, to check into it. It’s truly a great book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I love that pesto recipe, and now is the time to make it. I gathered 2 cups of oregano<\/a> leaves and because the Italian parsley<\/a> has turned into an enormous bush in the garden, 2 cups of parsley leaves, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I set up my food processor. I always test it before gathering ingredients because it’s quirky. It’s moody. My food processor and I do not get along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of those days. It refused to work. I had my husband re-assemble it…still nothing. It’s dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, then. 4 cups of herbs are sitting on my kitchen counter. The blender can’t handle pulverizing the nuts and seeds I use in my oregano pesto<\/a> recipe. What to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make homemade herbal hummus – it can be made in the blender!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homemade Hummus Starts with Super-Soft Chickpeas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any hummus recipe must start with super-squishy chickpeas. Canned chickpeas are fine but not soft enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To soften chickpeas into hummus consistency, boil them with 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Baking soda breaks down pectin, the fibers that hold beans together, making them softer. It also raised the pH of the water which speeds up softening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My recipe uses dried chickpeas which are economical. My husband knows I love chickpeas and does the grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic so he stocked up on bags of chickpeas for which I am forever grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Don’t Have Enough Parsley and Oregano? Substitutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t have enough parsley and oregano in the garden, you can substitute the following for the herbs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n