It’s hummus.
But it tastes like pizza.
This initially started out as regular hummus. I’d never made my own hummus before, so I trusted a recipe from Vegnews. It was easy enough to make, but the finished product tasted quite bland.
In an effort to jazz up the flavor, I turned to Hunts (as I often do when a recipe needs a flavor boost). And then, little by little, plain-jane hummus morphed into…
Super Pizza Hummus!
With super powers.
Maybe it needs a theme song… Anyone want to work on that?
Melty Pizza Hummus
(gluten-free)
Found here: Healthy Recipes with Beans
- 1/2 cup cooked garbanzo beans (drained) (75g)
- 2-4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- heaping 1/2 tsp dry basil
- heaping 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp basil-and-garlic tomato sauce (90g) (Or plain tomato sauce, and add a little extra basil and garlic) (I used Hunts.)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (For a fat-free dip, you can omit. But you’ll lose the richer the flavor.)
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend very well, until there are no chunks left. (I used a Cuisinart.) Scoop into a serving dish, and serve with chips, raw veggies, or whatever else strikes your fancy. Or use as a spread for sandwiches or toasted bread. (If you like your hummus cold, chill in the fridge before serving.) Fridged in a closed container, this’ll keep at least a few days.
View Pizza Hummus Nutrition Facts
Do you like hummus?
Have you ever tried a flavored one? Oddly enough, the best hummus I’ve ever eaten was in Hong Kong. I was there for a varsity tennis tournament, and we stumbled upon this tiny Middle Eastern restaurant one night. Have you ever noticed some of the best food can be found in those hole-in-the-wall places?
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“Tribe” brand hummus is THE best – Mediterranean style… has the oil on top. Sooo delish. I do make my own now and then tho.
You can buy nutritional yeast on Amazon.com also, along with many other ingredients needed in recipes on here. (this one looks great, as do most!!)
But the comments on the recipes give me a headache lol… people – READ! And use Google.. be independant! Katie cant hold your hand! (;
Oh Jilly, your comment made me smile. I don’t think anyone’s ever written something so true. Comment after comment after comment of people asking the very same thing as the person right above! Or people asking questions you could easily google. It’s enough to drive ya crazy ;).
I just tried this today. Not only did my son gobble it up for dinner with baked tortilla chips, but my husband who never likes anything “sneaky” that I make could not stop eating it. A definite winner in my household! Thank you so much.
I’m so excited you all liked it :).
Why the yeast
nutritional yeast (not baking yeast) is for a cheesy flavor :).
I just made this, and it’s so awesome! Thank you! This is my new favorite veggie-hummus wrap base!!
GREAT!
Katie, I was just wondering, if there is a chance to turn that great tasting hummus into crackers or something like this:) It will be awesome, just like all the rest of your recipes.
Ok so I stumbled on this one and my mouth started watering! The bad thing is I am allergic to tomatoes! Too bad because this sounds and looks soooo good!
But will make for my little girl that would absolutely love this!
This is amazing!! I have been craving pizza like crazy, but with corn/wheat/dairy/nut/peanut allergies, it is just impossible. I love hummus and get it all the time–but NEVER AGAIN!!!–this is better than any of the store-bought stuff, and soooooo easy! thanks for sharing!!
Just made this, it’s a great little dip for a simple healthier snack…very nice 🙂
Oh. I figured you just meant look for a yeast that was nutritional. See, THIS IS WHY I DON’T COOK! When I was at the store I didn’t see anything in the ingredients for regular yeast that looked particularly “nutritional” so I just bought regular yeast. And made the hummus. And it was not very good, haha…I LOVE cheese (I mean, what’s pizza without cheese. Come to think of it…what’s the WORLD without cheese? I could never be a vegan, but I wish I could ha) so I bet if I had not been my dumb blonde self (fake blonde though….because I need an excuse for my little–very frequent–ditzy moments) and looked for NUTRITIONAL yeast….and not yeast that is nutritional, haha…it would have tasted better 😉
I just wanted to thank you for this recipe. After buying the nutritional yeast specifically for this recipe, but chickening out on making it, I finally got brave and tried it tonight to take to work for a carry-in tomorrow (might as well use them as my guinea pigs, right?). I used tomato paste instead of sauce – just added a little water to thin it out. I also used a pre-made mixture of pizza spices and some minced garlic. It turned out very tasty. Next time I might not add quite so much water so it stays a little thicker… but, I suppose it might thicken in the fridge overnight.