Hummus and spinach . . . two of my favorites. So when I saw this recipe, I knew I had to not only veganize it, but I had to put my own twist on it. And I’m so happy with how it turned out (and so were my guests who gobbled it up).
INGREDIENTS:
Hummus
2 15-oz cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
3-4 cloves of garlic
2/3 C tahini
1/3 C lemon juice
1/2 C water
1/4 C olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cumin
1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne
1 C parsley
The rest
4 C chopped spinach
1 7-oz can diced green chilies, drained
1/2 C vegan mozzarella shreds
1/2 C vegan cheddar shreds
Pita chips, veggies, crackers
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375. Start with making the hummus. Combine all of the hummus in a food processor and blend for several minutes until completely smooth. Transfer to a large bowl. Combine the two cheeses and set aside.
I then washed out the processor bowl and tossed the spinach in. I used almost a full bunch of spinach leaves and chopped it up in the food processor and ended up with about 4 cups. Add it to the bowl with the hummus along with 1/2 cup of the cheese mixture, and the green chilies.
Combine well and transfer to a shallow baking dish. (Really, anything larger than an 8×8″ baking dish is great.) Top with remaining cheese.
Bake for 25 minutes. Enjoy with pita chips, veggies, and crackers!
- Hummus
- 2 15-oz cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- ⅔ C tahini
- ⅓ C lemon juice
- ½ C water
- ¼ C olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp cumin
- ¼ to ½ tsp cayenne
- 1 C parsley
- The rest
- 4 C chopped spinach
- 1 7-oz can diced green chilies, drained
- ½ C vegan mozzarella shreds
- ½ C vegan cheddar shreds
- Pita chips, veggies, crackers
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Start with making the hummus. Combine all of the hummus in a food processor and blend for several minutes until completely smooth. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Combine the two cheeses and set aside.
- I then washed out the processor bowl and tossed the spinach in. I used almost a full bunch of spinach leaves and chopped it up in the food processor and ended up with about 4 cups.
- Add it to the bowl with the hummus along with ½ cup of the cheese mixture, and the green chilies.
- Combine well and transfer to a shallow baking dish. (Really, anything larger than an 8x8" baking dish is great.) Top with remaining cheese.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Enjoy with pita chips, veggies, and crackers!
